A riveting contest with a tie between two contestants on 32 points. The winner of the tie is
Group of teenagers and twenty-somethings loitering in Copenhagen zoo
@qpheevr who received 14 votes
Leaders of government express new zeal for post-millenial group
Shobha Nayak in 2nd place received 13 votes
German auto pioneer needing no introduction for modern crowd
Amrita Majumdar in 3rd place with 25 points
Internet-native demographic’s latest in slang: “woke,” “bussin’” and “rizz”
Aashirwad in 4th place with 17 points and 9 votes
Playing with fire, this youth group is freezing?
@LowdownCryptic in 5th place with 17 points and 7 votes
Thanks everyone for the clues and votes. Over to you @qpheevr.
Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @qpheevr | Group of teenagers and twenty-somethings loitering in Copenhagen zoo (3, 1) | 32 | 14 | Hidden in “copenhaGEN Zoo…”; assuming (per Wikipedia) that Generation Z was born in 1997–2012, they’re now ages 13 to 29 | |
| 2 | Shobha Nayak | Leaders of government express new zeal for post-millenial group | 32 | 13 | Def = Post millenial group, Starting letters | |
| 3 | Amrita Majumdar | German auto pioneer needing no introduction for modern crowd (3,1) | 25 | 13 | G ( German ) (-B)ENZ – auto pioneer | |
| 4 | Aashirwad | Internet-native demographic’s latest in slang: “woke,” “bussin’” and “rizz”(3,1) | 17 | 9 | Taking last letters of slanG, wokE, bussiN’ and rizZ; definition: internet-native demographic | |
| 5 | @LowdownCryptic | Playing with fire, this youth group is freezing? (3,1) | 17 | 7 | Anagram: Playing with FIRE, [GEN Z] is FREEZING. Def in middle: [this youth group]. Question mark for surface sense and cryptic phrasing. | – Very nice reverse anagram! A smart approach to take with such a short word (@qpheevr) |
| 6 | Adman_i | Report on unknown people who are digital natives (3,1) | 13 | 6 | People who are digital natives (Defn), Report – Gen, Unknown – Z | |
| 7 | verlainex | Bridging oxygen and zinc, twenty-something elements? | 12 | 6 | OXYGEN+ZINC is bridged by {oxy}GENZ{inc}. Most of the Gen Z cohort of society (elements of society, if you will) are now in their early 20s, and there are 21 elements between O and Zn. | – Quite a creative approach. (Aashirwad) – Creative! (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 8 | Ramki Krishnan | Zoomers in grand topless luxury car (3,1) | 12 | 5 | Def = Zoomers, G = grand + (-B)ENZ | |
| 9 | Textrous | A group of people carrying enzyme bottles (3,1) | 11 | 6 | Def: A group of people, carryinG ENZyme, \"bottles\" (as a verb, meaning encloses) is the containment indicator | – The definition is too vague for the given word. (Aashirwad) |
| 10 | Ramesh Ss | Today's youth from green zone oddly lost direction (3,1) | 10 | 5 | GrEeN ZoNe – N def Today's youth |
Congrats to the toppers and all those who participated.
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