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This week’s contest had 20 clues and 20 voters. 2 participants did not vote.

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

In Eighth place is Veera Raghavan with

Most love a pure heart bursting with spirit (6)

In Seventh place is Ganesh Raman with

Renovation of Louvre, for the most part, took a show of courage

In Sixth place is Ramki Krishnan with

At Oval ground, you cheer tail-enders demonstrating courage (6)

In Fifth place is @qpheevr with

Savage warlords injuring hearts and guts (6)

In Fourth place is Amrita Majumdar with

Bottle caps from Venice are luxurious objects, usually round (6)

In Third place is @LowdownCryptic with

Balls of moisture in the air making pressure low (6)

In Second place is Satyen Nabar with

Spirit with nutty flavour, not strong (6)

In First place is Textrous with

Spirit from a small bottle knocking out one of us (6)

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Thanks Sparsh and Congrats Textrous. 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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