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This week’s contest was hosted by Samit Kallianpur,and here’s his summary of the results.

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

It was a closely fought contest, and we had 24 clues in this game. 29 people cast their votes. Special thanks to CrypticBlah, Gopal D, Ramki Krishnan, Stuart McStuart, and VMA Nair for voting.

In 1st place, with 30 points, we have Satyen Nabar with “Am thrilled to avoid hard exercise routine”

In 2nd place, running close behind doc, scoring 28 points, is Adman_i with “Lad with trim belly occasionally running on exercise machine”

The 3rd place, with 27 points, goes to Mona Sogal for “Dreamt about unfortunate drudgery”

In 4th place, with 24 points, is Textrous with “Met a Dr. about unhealthy routine”

In 5th place, with 23 points, is Manish Jhaveri with “Gym equipment made running inside fun, not hard”

Also, kudos to Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, @qpheevr @usharameshnj Sowmya Ramkumar and Heidi Schroeder for making it in the top 10 (& Viraj Divecha for coming 11th 😀)

It’s all yours doc!

SR: Thanks for the diligent hosting Samit.

Congrats to Satyen who, I expect is as thrilled with his win as with his clue. 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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