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This week’s host was @LowdownCryptic and here’s his summary of the results.

We had 24 clues this week, which was 5 more than the last two weeks.
Thanks to those who didn’t submit a clue but still voted: Bhalchandra Pasupathy, Gayathri Viswanath, Madhup Tewari, Ratna Rao, Simon T. Hill, and Usha Ramesh.

Let’s count down the Top 5 finishers…
Samit Kallianpur takes 5th place with 20 points:

Old equation is modified to exclude zero

Tied for 3rd place with 21 points, we have Nathan Townshend:

Quite an extraordinary heirloom?

And Ramesh Swaminathan, with one of the few non-anagram clues:

A book on intelligence extremely unique and old

Satyen Nabar settles for 2nd place with 27 points:

Old man, quite distressed without money

Our winner is Ramki Krishnan with 29 points:

Old criminal ran away from quarantine

Ramki, well done and over to you!

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Ramki. 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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