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This week’s contest was hosted by Satyen Nabar and here’s his summary of the results.

We have an outright winner with 34 points and 19 votes. GOLD goes to

Dare to point out something Trump’s doing illegally? (11)

@LowdownCryptic

SILVER won by

A Potter novel, one delving into professor’s banishment (11)

Manish Jhaveri with 29 points

BRONZE picked up by

Forcible expatriation of patriot done shoddily (11)

Abhay Phadnis with 22 points

In 4th place is

Unceremonious end to a trip overseas, primarily? (11)

Textrous with 19 points

In 5th spot is

Throwing out mashed potato dinner, throwing out piece of naan (11)

@qpheevr with 18 points

Thank you all for your time, clues and votes. Over to you @LowdownCryptic.

SR: Thanks for hosting Satyen. Some awesome clues in the mix this time for what I thought was a tough word to clue.

Congrats to Lowdowncryptic. His clue will be featured in our HALL OF FAME.

Here’s the link to the full results

Also Check out the Leader board for 2025.

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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