Very interesting contributions. Thank you all for participating!!
Congratulations Aashirwad for garnering the maximum votes and points!
There were a couple of interesting &lit clues (Satyen Nabar and Karol S) while many composed odes to Ulysses!
Over to Aashirwad!!
Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aashirwad | Essential part of everybody’s Seychelles trip (7) | 48 | 19 | Hidden in plain sight, with “trip” as definition | – Nice! (Ramki Krishnan) – “essential” seems superfluous and a bit problematic – IMO it would require the selected part to be at the exact centre of the fodder, which is not the case here. (Abhay Phadnis) – Not an easy word to hide in plain sight—well done! (@qpheevr) – Nice — I actually played with a hidden word concept for my clue but couldn’t fine a good one and gave up. Yours is great. (Matthew Bender) – Cool. Take a point. (Pundit JEE) |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Poem about leader of yore on ship getting back from Troy (7) | 37 | 14 | {ODE around Y(-ore) + SS} + (-tro)Y; &lit | – Lovely! (Ramki Krishnan) – Whose clue this is, I think I know His house is in the village though Just take all the points. We can split them later. (Pundit JEE) |
| 3 | Karol S | Poem about Ulysses’s focus and tenacity, ultimately | 26 | 12 | ODE (poem) around (ul)YSS(es) + Y (tenacity ultmately). &lit. | – You can’t use Ulysses in the surface to clue Ulysses , that’s just not cricket (Pundit JEE) |
| 4 | Shobha Nayak | Journey of love, days without a yes being returned | 18 | 9 | Def= JOURNEY, Love= O + Days without a = DYS + Yes being returned = SEY | – Nice composition! (Matthew Bender) – Perfect! Take all the points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 5 | Abhay Phadnis | Picking up classical dance form is a difficult journey (7) | 17 | 7 | Homophone (“picking up”) of Odissi (“classical dance form”); definition: “a difficult journey” | – The homophone indicator should be “picked up” (Aashirwad) – I think you also need to specify the accent here. (Pundit JEE) |
| 6 | Amrita Majumdar | Poem capturing the essence of Ulysses at the end of lengthy journey (7) | 16 | 7 | ODE around (-UL) YSS (-ES) Y, Journey -def | – “Essence of Ulysses” sounds odd in the surface reading IMO. (Ramki Krishnan) – Nice one! Great flow. (Matthew Bender) – Who is Ulysses in the Greek, and isn’t there a root issues here, conspicuous enough for negative marking? (Pundit JEE) |
| 7 | Ramki Krishnan | Goodbyes regularly said primarily at the beginning and end of every long journey (7) | 13 | 7 | ODYS (gOoDbYeS regularly) + S (said primarily) + E Y (the beginning and end of EverY), def = long journey | – Primarily, at the beginning, …. Feels like hon’ble PM reading from teleprompter when it stops functioning suddenly (Pundit JEE) |
| 8 | verlainex | As often as not, Monday is a seedy slog | 12 | 4 | “As often as not” – take exactly every second letter from mOnDaY iS a SeEdY – an odyssey is a long arduous endeavour = a slog | – Great surface and wordplay! (Abhay Phadnis) – Very nice! (@qpheevr) – Nah (Pundit JEE) |
| 9 | Nilesh Parmar | At first only diligent youths survive severe exam years’ eventful journey | 11 | 6 | Acrostic | – I hate these kinds of clues, but take 1 point for relevance (Pundit JEE) |
| 10 | Veera Raghavan | In the absence of leader, group initially says yes about expedition (7) | 9 | 4 | (B)ODY S SEY<-. About: reversal indicator. Definition: Expedition |
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