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This week’s contest had 21 clues and 22 voters. Special thanks to Ramesh Swaminathan for taking the time to participate in the contest by voting.

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

In Fifth place with 18 points is Ganesh Raman with

‘Minor feud occasionally erupts in a military outfit, perhaps’

In Fourth place with 20 points is Adman_i with

‘Habit of a French setter (of either gender) – (7)’

In Third place with 21 points is Textrous with

‘Stable if no rum’s drunk (7)’

In a close Second place with 23 points is Suyash Roongta with

‘Constant rambling in forum (7)’

In First place with 25 points is Satyen Nabar securing his 10th win with

‘High on rum, cuddling single female in flat (7)’

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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