Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @LowdownCryptic | Ultimately, you can blame damaged vehicle for sending you to hospital (9) | 43 | 15 | (yo)UCANBLAME* – 'ultimately' indicates last letter, 'damaged' indicates anagram, def on right | – "faulty" would fit better as an anagrind than "damaged" to suit the surface story IMO. (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 2 | Anne de Pimodan | Cuban meal ordered as an emergency takeaway? (9) | 30 | 15 | CUBANMEAL*. Order = to arrange, to set in order (Chambers). QM for the whimsical def. | – Ok 1 point for being inoffensive (Pundit JEE) – A point for the creative whimsical definition (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | A fast carrier for those who don't want to be late? (9) | 27 | 14 | Cryptic def, late = dead | |
| 4 | Nitish Asthana | A siren is atop this excited Cuban male? | 26 | 10 | Defn- a siren is atop this… Ambulance generally has one. Anagrind Cuban male. | – Most evocative clue. Take 4 points. (Pundit JEE) – Best of the Cuban anagrams! (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 5 | Manish Jhaveri | Hospitals use this to clean a bum wound (9) | 21 | 9 | Definition: Hospitals use this; anagram of ‘clean a bum’; wound (when read as turned) serves as an anagram indicator and in the surface reading it works as injury | – Very evocative, take 3 points. (Pundit JEE) – Wonderful! (Arnav V Raju) |
| 6 | Aashirwad | MBA, struggling to make rent after university, becomes life coach! | 19 | 7 | AMB (MBA struggling) + U (University) + LANCE (make rent, meaning pierce through), with “life coach!” As cryptic definition. “To” is simply a juxtaposition indicator. | – Nice def (Ramki Krishnan) – ‘make rent’ for LANCE is a bit tenuous (@qpheevr) – Interesting definition! (Abhay Phadnis) – Lovely definition and misdirection! (Arnav V Raju) – Amazing, creative, believable surface! (@LowdownCryptic) |
| 7 | Shobha Nayak | Medical transport for headless ram and tailless bull with horrible acne | 16 | 6 | AM + BUL + anagram of ACNE, Def= Medical transport | |
| 8 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | A lame cub finally taken, treated in emergency vehicle (9) | 15 | 7 | Definition: Emergency Vehicle; Anagram of (“treated”) of A LAME CUB + N (last letter of taken) | |
| 9 | Abhay Phadnis | First of all, Andrew Murray Burnham unified Labour activists, neatly channelling enthusiasm to create a vehicle to rescue ailing party (9) | 14 | 6 | Acrostic; indicator: "first of all"; definition: “a vehicle to rescue ailing party”. Andy Burnham’s full name made the start of the acrostic easy! 🙂 | – Nice def.! (@qpheevr) – Nice and unique take (Arnav V Raju) |
| 10 | Satyen Nabar | One heading to hospital with injured Cuban male (9) | 13 | 7 | (CUBAN MALE)*, injured is ang ind, def is one heading to hospital | – The best of the "Cuban male" set for me! (Arnav V Raju) |
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