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

The esoteric world of clue setting witnessed a wave of fear as deputies and agents were axed by maestros and professionals. However, whether these axings were cold blooded murders or mere firings couldn’t be suitably ascertained at the time of filing this report.

We had 30 clues submitted and 30 voters. 4 participants forgot to vote:(. Request participants to observe the rules in the participation posts and bookmark the pages.

Here are the top 5:

At no. 5 is Sparsh Sinha:

Surrogate in favour of male genetics (5)

In 4th place is Ramki Krishnan with a succinct charade:

Maestro axes agent (5)

In 3rd place is Ganesh Raman with a charade most seen in this round:

Expert axes deputy

In 2nd place is Raj Jayaram with a devious clue:

Cunning female replaced by extremely proper substitute (5)

And the winner is Satyen Nabar with a simple hidden in plain sight clue:

CPR, oxygen saves delegate (5)

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Satyen. – 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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