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Samit hosted last week and here’s his summary of the results.

Thanks to all for taking part in this contest! We had 24 clues, and 27 people voted. Thanks to Bhalchandra Pasupathy, Heidi Schroeder and Manish Jhaveri, for taking the time to vote.

As expected, there were many anagram clues 😃😃

In 5th place, with 16 points, we have Nathan Townshend with a smooth charade:

In hospital department, nurses play guitar or maybe flute

In 4th place, with 20 points, is Avtaar with a nice charade/anagram combo:

Hip and sternum fixed with bottom of blunt device

In 3rd place, with 24 points, is Suyash Roongta:

Viola perhaps lost trust in men

In 2nd place with 30 points is doc Satyen Nabar with his hilarious

It turns me on – no ordinary vibrating device!

Today’s winner, with 33 points is Textrous, describing a riot in prison with

Inmates turn violent without a control mechanism

Congratulations Textrous! Take it away!

SR: Congrats Textrous. Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME. Thanks for the diligent hosting Samit and a word that brought out varied devices from the setters.

Here’s the link to the full results

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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