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

We had 16 clues and 20 voters this week. Samit Kallianpur is our winner for the fifth time this year… having played only 16 contests!

Samit scored 25 points and gets 1st place with:
No weed left? A little bit of LSD may be good for you!

N Anantakrishnan finished 2nd with 21 points:
Excellent way to cook steak

Tied in 3rd place were Venkatesan P with 19 points:
New ode composed about a couple of learners is perfect

And Textrous with 19 points:
Development of new oil led one to leave a congratulatory message

Suyash Roongta took 5th place with 16 points:
Design of new English doll is flawless

Thanks to all who played and WELL DONE, Samit!

SR: Lowdowncryptic – Thanks for the great hosting. Although the word was challenging, kudos to the setters who came up with some out of the box ideas. Thanks to all those who participated and of course, WELL DONE!

Over to Samit for the next contest. 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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