Thank you all for participating in this ‘taxing’ round!
Nathan Townshend ‘trumps’ it with 38 points, followed by Textrous and Abdul K. Congratulations to the winners!
Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Townshend | Trump's aggressive rate increase for foreign leaders? | 38 | 15 | Acrostic &lit | – Ideally it should be "leaders of … " (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 2 | Textrous | Tax megastar if film is entertaining (6) | 28 | 13 | Def: Tax, megasTAR IF Film, containment indicator: is entertaining | |
| 3 | Abdul K | Disagreement about a Republican's tax | 20 | 12 | T{A + R}IFF | |
| 4 | Sampath Srinivasan | Tax all registered international freight forwarders, at source (6) | 20 | 9 | Acrostic; at source = first letter indicator | |
| 5 | Satyen Nabar | Row about American beginning to raise tax (6) | 19 | 10 | TIFF around A + R(aise); def= tax. | |
| 6 | Adman_i | Fruits initially taken in vibrant Iftar, as custom (6) | 17 | 7 | Custom (Definition) – IFT(F…t)AR*, Vibrant – Anagrind, Reference to the custom of eating fruits to break the Ramadan fast at Iftar | – The comma could be omitted (Aashirwad) – This is a nice idea, but needs more work (Pundit JEE) |
| 7 | @LowdownCryptic | Endless traffic potentially a cross-border deterrent (6) | 15 | 8 | TRAFFI(c)* – anagrind: potentially; def: a cross-border deterrent | – Nice. Take points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | Duty of a king caught in dispute (6) | 14 | 7 | DUTY-def, A R inside TIFF | – Nice. Take points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 9 | Ramki Krishnan | What basically Trump and Republicans impose, fairly frequently? (6) | 13 | 7 | Acrostic of "Trump..frequently", def is whole clue | |
| 10 | PunMadMan | Levy tax primarily on leading artificial resin importers from Florida (6) | 12 | 6 | Clue with two acrostic parts. Levy – Defn; tax primarily -> T; on – doing double duty as a connector as well as an indicator that T precedes the rest of the letters in the answer; leading artificial resin importers from Florida -> ARIFF; so T+ARIFF. |
Congrats to the toppers and all those who participated.
Over to Nathan Townshend for the next contest.
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