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

Good morning! Thanks to all for taking part in this contest. Thanks to Sowmya Ramkmar for all the behind-the-scenes coordination.

We had 24 clues in this game, and 27 people cast their votes. Special thanks to N Anantakrishnan, Ramesh Swaminathan and Simon T. Hill for making time and voting.

In 5th place, with 20 points, is Mona Sogal, with “This is why king’s intoxicated!”

In 4th place with 21 points is Kaustav Datta, with “Alcohol being illegal is why kids want fake IDs”

In 3rd place, with 25 points, it’s Textrous, with “Ask why I got tipsy without a drink”

In 2nd place, with 33 points, is Abhay Phadnis, with “Why taking boundless risks shows a strong spirit”

And the winner this week, by a clear margin, is doc Satyen Nabar, getting 41 points for his clue “Wife is extremely kinky after drinking hard liquor”

Over to you doc!

SR: Samit – Thanks for the impeccable hosting. Thanks to all those who participated, voted and those on the podium!

Congrats and over to Doc. 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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