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The host for the contest was Ganesh Raman and here’s his summary of the results.

This week, we had only 19 clues. There were 24 voters – special thanks to Abhay Phadnis, Bhalchandra Pasupathy, Gayatri Viswanath, N Anantakrishnan and Ratna Rao for putting in their votes even though they didn’t participate.

On to the top 5 finishers…

In 4th place, we have a tie between

Maya Sharma with 20 points for

“Hold on! Preserve bananas with extreme care”

And Mona Sogal also scoring 20 points for

“Carry on Doctor! Serve peers endlessly”

Ramki Krishnan is in 3rd place with 22 points for

“Keep going always, wearing a smile, when exhausted”

In 2nd place, Textrous scores 25 points for

“Soldier on reserve collapsed after exercise”

Once again, Satyen Nabar emerges as the clear winner with 37 points for

“Go on wild spree, drinking endlessly”

Congratulations Doc and over to you for the next one.

Here’s the link to the full results

Congrats Satyen. 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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