Thanks for the enthusiastic participation and voting. There are also a lot of non-anonymous comments from the voters – please go through them!
Here are the results.
1) 5th place. Manish Jhaveri gets 15 points for his clue on how to navigate through Mumbai š
One going through directions in metropolis for better understanding (7)
2) At 4th place is Textrous with 16 points for a “rocking” clue š
Bits of rock in terrain obstructing soil transparency (7)
3) At 3rd place is Aashirwad with 23 points, demanding more transparency in government.
Republican in LA City agitating for transparency (7)
4) At 2nd place with 39 points is Satyen’s clue
Simplicity of Lycra – it’s elastic (7)
5) And the winner by a mile, with 57 points, is Nathan Townshend’s anagram+deletion clue
Drunk, she goes from hysterical rambling to lucidity (7)
Congratulation to all and over to you Nathan!
Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Townshend | Drunk, she goes from hysterical rambling to lucidity | 57 | 20 | SHE* deleted from HYSTERICAL* def is lucidity | – Itās a beautiful surface, but I canāt support the use of ātoā the link word between definition and wordplay. (Aashirwad) – Almost a great clue but I think the ādrunkā sounds like it applies to the āsheā and not the rest of it (Guinevere) |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Simplicity of Lycra – it's elastic (7) | 39 | 16 | (LYCRA IT)*; elastic is anag ind, def is simplicity | – Simplicity of the clue – it's admirable! (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 3 | Aashirwad | Republican in LA City agitating for transparency (7) | 23 | 8 | Anagram of LA CITY containing R from Republican. āAgitatingā is the anagrind and ātransparencyā is the definition. Who doesnāt like transparency in government? | |
| 4 | Textrous | Bits of rock in terrain obstructing soil transparency (7) | 16 | 7 | Def: transparency; Bits of Rock In Terrain: RIT, obstructing: insertion indicator, soil: CLAY => CLA(RIT)Y | – I was doubtful that soil could ever be transparent, but there are apparently some academic papers discussing āsoil transparencyā. (Aashirwad) |
| 5 | Manish Jhaveri | One going through directions in metropolis for better understanding (7) | 15 | 6 | A (one) going through L & R (directions) in CITY (metropolis). Def = better understanding | |
| 6 | VENKATESAN P | A lyric composed about the leader of Tanzania's simplicity (7) | 14 | 6 | Definition: Simplicity. Anno: (A+LYRIC*) around (T). A lyric – Fodder. The leader of Tanzania – T. Composed – Anagrind. About – Containment indicator | – Not sure about the surface meaning on this sorry (Guinevere) |
| 7 | Shailesh Tipnis | Explicitness rocked trial in case of celebrity (7) | 13 | 6 | Def. Explicitness, trial* in C(-elebrit)Y, anag. ind.:rocked, insertion ind.: in, first and last letter sel. ind.: case of | |
| 8 | Nilesh Parmar | Fixed trial in vacant city for transparency | 12 | 4 | Trial* in CitY | |
| 9 | Anne de Pimodan | Transparency of Lycra failing to hide Ironwomanās front bottom in event (7) | 12 | 4 | LYCRA* hiding/containing I+T | – Not sure āfailingā works as an anagrind sorry. Funny surface though, I think it could be ok with a different anagrind (Guinevere) – Maximum points for audacity (Matthew Marcus) |
| 10 | Sampath Srinivasan | Revised article with easy readability (7) | 11 | 5 | Anagram with substitution. def = readability; revised (anagrind) ARTICLE*; with EasY – substitution of E by Y. | – Clever switch! (Nathan Townshend) – "E as Y" is an interesting device but the surface reading is a bit problematic for me – why would an "article with easy readability" be revised? (Abhay Phadnis) – Interesting sleight of hand involved in the elision of spaces in the letter substitution indicator. (Aashirwad) – Clever but too difficult for the solver I think. A step too far with the L&S (Guinevere) – Ooh non-Ximenean but audacious! (Matthew Marcus) |
Congrats to the toppers and all those who participated.
Over to Nathan Townshend for the next contest.
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