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Last week’s host was Ramki Krishnan and here’s his summary of the results.

We had 23 clues and 29 voters.

“Our temple / let me pour” were the most common anagram fodders.

Here are the results

5th place with 16 points
Saurabh with a prayerful clue

Our temple can be a source of energy (9)

2 clues tied for 3rd place with 24 points
Ganesh Raman’s oil business

Europe regularly limits processed crude oil (9)

Suyesh Roongta – again on temples providing energy

Source of energy found in our temple complex (9)

2nd place with 34 points
P Venkatesan for a clue with a smooth

Old plum tree chopped up for fuel(9)

And just ahead with 36 points, the winner is Lowdown Letter Banks with his cheeky clue

Favourite part in movie? Naked bums, to be crude (9)

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats @Lowdowncryptic. 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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