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

The contest had a clear winner, who lead comfortably since the voting started – Gayathri Viswanath, cherishing her mother’s gift, got 42 points for

What my late mother left for me – entire China set

In second place, with 32 points, is @LowdownCryptic ruing one’s inability to carry one’s possessions into the afterworld

It gets left because you can’t take it with you and sadly neither can I

Satyen Nabar finishes third with 21 points for his take on a rich kid

Popular teen, rich perhaps after receiving a legacy

In fourth place, with an identical word play as @LowdownCryptic is Sowmya Ramkumar with 20 points

Wealth you cannot spend after you die – sadly, neither can I!

Finishing in fifth place is Madhusuan H with 16 points for

Dressed in ethnic wear, woman expressed birthright

Thanks to everyone for participating and voting. Over to Gayathri Viswanath!

SR: Congrats Gayathri. Your precious china set is now in our HALL OF FAME. Thanks for the diligent hosting and for handing down an interesting word Anantakrishnan.

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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