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

We had some great clues this week, and it was nice to see so many clues for a word which has so many vowels.

In 5th place, we have Suyash Roongta’s ace clue!
Ace soldier captured by eccentric maniac (8) – 17 points

In 3rd place with 19 points each, we have a tie between Ganesh Raman, who was being a little cagey, with –
I’m in a cage, endlessly tortured by a sorcerer (8) – 19 points
AND

Sowmya Ramkumar with a great Spelling Bee champ surface –
Little child in America aiming high – one good at spelling? (8) – 19 points

In 2nd place we have Veera Raghavan, putting the con in conjuror, with:
Strangely, most imagine a conman initially as a wizard (8) – 20 points

And taking away the leading spot this week is Textrous, with a craftily modelled &lit –
Am I acting craftily to make model disappear? (8) – 31 points

Thanks all for all the fantastic clues! Congrats to all the winners, and over to you Textrous to set the next contest!

SR: Kaustav – Thanks for the great hosting and adding some magic to the contest. Congrats Textrous! Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

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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