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We had 20 clues submitted and 24 voters.

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

From game to crossword to stamp collecting to campsites, we had an exciting exploration of ‘Pastime’. We have a clear winner and close finish for the second to tied fourth spots.

Congratulations to the winners and special thanks to Mona Sogal, Madhup Tewari, Manish Jhaveri, Nagendra Prasad, Ratna Rao and Saurabh Updhyay for finding the time and participating in the contest by voting. Unfortunately, two participants did not take part in the voting.

The contest winner is Satyen Nabar with his clue

Team is buckling under pressure in game (7)

In 2nd place is Ramki Krishnan’s clue

Couple of setters following old crosswords perhaps (7)

In 3rd place is Raj Jayaram’s clue

Perhaps, stamp-collecting, one’s primary enjoyment (7)

In 4th place is N Anantakrishnan’s clue

Organising nude campsites is fun (7)

Also, in the 4th place is @LowDownCryptic’s clue

I’m a pest about writing cryptic clues – for all of you, at least! (7)

Thank you for all the clues and voting. Over to you Doctor!  Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Satyen. – 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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