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Dr. Satyen Nabar was our host and here’s his summary of the results.

Two clues ran neck to neck but finally the hidden word clue danced ahead.

Gold won by

Old ancestral houses rock! (5)

Ramki Krishnan with 35 points

Silver grabbed by

What starts in discos and night clubs, essentially? (5)

Samit kallianpur with 33 points

3rd place taken by

Ball spun and caught Labuschagne’s outside edge (5)

N Anantakrishnan with 24 points

Finally, the two clues sharing 23 points are

Discotheque? Being there at ten isn’t necessary (5)

Simon T. Hill

Ignoring safety first, frantically ascend a series of steps (5)

Ganesh Raman

Thank you all for your time, clues and votes. Over to you Ramki!

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Ramki – Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

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By Sowmya

Sowmya is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and independent financial consultant based in the Middle East (Bahrain). She is a puzzle editor at Amuselabs. She has set over 1,300 crosswords for various publications including over 1000 mini crosswords, cryptic crosswords (under the pseudonym Hypatia for The Hindu) and themed crosswords for Cat.a.lyst (part of The Hindu Businessline). Sowmya runs the Facebook group 1Across where seasoned cruciverbalists interact while setting and solving clues. She has published three compilations of crosswords viz Cryptic Crossroads Volumes 1, 2 and 3. She Tweets cryptic clues daily @somsram

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