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This week’s contest had 31 clues and 31 voters. One contestant did not vote. The host was Dr. Satyen Nabar and here’s his summary of the results.

The winner of the contest by a wafer-thin margin is  

Iconic depiction of Lord, primarily

Ganesh Raman with 28 points. 

Right next to him is

Some stupid old actor who is hero-worshipped, perhaps

Ramki Krishnan with 27 points

3rd place goes to 

Hero emerges from splendid Olympics

Ramesh Swaminathan with 21 points

In 4th spot is 

Heart-throb left after marriage vow

Kalyan Bandyopadhyay with 20 points

Bringing up the rear on the podium is 

Movie star left after what the bride said

Nathan Townshend with 19 points 

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

Here’s the link to the full results

Congrats Ganesh. Your 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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