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Ganesh was our host and here’s his summary of the results.

We had 28 clues submitted and 32 voters though 2 of the contestants did not vote.

The 5th, 4th & 3rd positions this week with 17, 18 and 19 points respectively…

5th position: Satyen Nabar for

‘Model avoiding tarts, pies, crackers and baked goods’

4th position: Suyash Roongta for

‘Father’s attempts at confectionery’

3rd position: Arjun Mukerjee for

‘Naked fat priests running wild with tarts’

The top honours this week were won by the following clues:

In 2nd position, we have Raj Jayaram with 27 points for

‘Tarts traipse around before starting to strip’.

And the winner by a large margin is Textrous with 39 points for

‘Baked stuff that is taken from patisserie, perhaps’

Congratulations Textrous and over to you for the next clue.

Here’s the link to the full results

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

Also Check out the Leaderboard for 2023.

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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