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

This contest saw participation from 17 cluers and 15 voters.

On to the results.

At the 5th position, with 11 points and 6 votes is Nathan Townsend, for “When cycling, Dave ran into a porch”.

Also at the 5th position, with 11 points and 7 votes each, are Ramki Krishnan and Adman_i for “After five, enjoy roasted almonds, nachos, dahi aloo for starters in balcony” and “Entrance to very exquisite room with a balcony” respectively.

Ajeesh, with “A roofed platform over and above shelters”, shows up at the 4th position with 16 points.

At the 2nd position, with 17 points apiece, we have a tie between Samit Kallianpur for “Went through an old scripture in a gallery” and Ganesh Raman for “Arrange a van ride to drop one off at a platform”.

At the top, with 18 points, is N Anantakrishnan for “Porch essentially covered with awning at the top”.

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

Congrats and over to Anantakrishnan 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

2 thoughts on “1ACCWC 501 – VERANDA – Results”
  1. Ah, I missed voting! Have signed up for updates so I don’t get docked points in future. My setter name (Womble) is not shown above for some reason

    1. Didn’t dock points from you this week since it was your first time. Welcome to 1ACCWC. The names of setters is shown only for the top 10. Your clue is in the list sorted based on the points scored.

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