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This week’s contest had 22 clues and 29 voters. Special thanks to @qpheevr, Ashit Hegde, Madhup Tewari, Melissa, Mona Sogal, Ramesh Swaminathan, Samit kallianpur and Sanjay for taking the time to participate in the contest by voting. One contestant did not vote and one player voted for himself both of which are against the rules.

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

Gangs were in vogue this week with a variety of different defs!

At #5, we have Ganesh Raman’s topical clue:

Take on gang unlawfully occupying outskirts of Entebbe (6)

At #4, Satyen Nabar tickled the funny bone and walked away with a bunch of votes with:

Catch rogue at the back throwing an egg (6)

At # 3, Suyash Roongta takes a holy dip and finds bronze with:

Immerse in turbulent Ganges as it turns South East (6)

Second place today goes to Amrita’s super smooth clue:

Arrest gang involved in drugs ( 6)

And Gold medal today goes to Kalyan Bandyopadhyay with what could easily be something one reads in the news:

Capture criminal gang infiltrating borders of Europe (6)

Congrats Kalyan and over to you!

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Kalyan. 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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