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This week’s contest had 27 clues and 31 voters. 2 participants did not vote. Special thanks to Gayathri Viswanath, Mona Sogal, Ramki Krishnan, Simon T. Hill and Srividya Ravi for taking the time to participate in the contest by voting.

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

Thanks everyone for taking part in this week’s contest. We got some great clues. Now for the results.

Coming in joint 4th place with 17 points are

Ganesh Raman with

Tycoon contracted tuberculosis, ordered to abstain from work

and Thejaswi Udupa with

Stay away from this Test cricketer

In 3rd place with 22 points is N Anantakrishnan with

Young man reportedly grabbed model in bar (7)

Just ahead in 2nd place with 24 points is Kalyan Bandyopadhyay with

Young man arrested – reportedly with model in bar (7)

The runaway winner with 32 points is Sparsh Sinha with

Boozy actor regularly seen with two models at bar (7)

Congratulations to all the winners. Many thanks to Sowmya for helping with organizing the contest.
Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Sparsh. 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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