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

We had 22 clues submitted and 27 voters. All participants voted as well

5th position tie between: Sowmya Ramkumar for

Taking great care so Audi’s assembled using parts efficiently (9)

and

Hardworking couple at University overwhelmed by endless aid

by Ratna Rao. She had inadvertently mentioned enumeration as 8.

4th position: Suyash Roongta for

Diligent and studious leaders of student association got excited as model stripped

3rd position: Textrous for

Hard-working model getting fired from a U.S. studio’s appalling

2nd position: Ganesh Raman for

Hard-working simpleton, accompanying a couple, starts to unload suitcases

He got 25 points.

And the winner is Raj Jayaram who got 26 points for his clue

So, US aid made us hard-working?

Congratulations Raj Jayaram! Over to you for the next clue.

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Raj. – 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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