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This week’s contest had 21 clues and 25 voters. Thanks to Bhalchandra Pasupathy, Mona Sogal and Ratna Rao who took time to vote though they did not set clues in this contest.

Dr. Satyen Nabar was our host and here’s his summary of the results.

A riveting neck-to-neck contest between 5 clues providing a refreshing start to the year.

1st place won by

Beginning from MacLean’s latest

Sowmya Ramkumar with 23 points

We have a tie in 2nd spot with 22 points each

MacLean’s latest collection shows a fresh start

Abhay Phadnis

Ten lacs can give you everything you need, for a fresh start

Samit Kallianpur

In 4th place is

A teen calls a break-up, a fresh start

Ganesh Raman with 20 points

Finally, in 5th position is

1AC releases first list/ schedule for a fresh start

N Anantakrishnan with 19 points

Thank you all for your clues, votes and your time. Over to you Sowmya!

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Thanks Satyen. Wow, didn’t expect to win the first contest of the year – but hope it is a sign of good things to come. My clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

Also Check out the Leader board for 2024.

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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