The two pregnancy clues dominated the contest and the winner is
Halfway through pregnancy, maiden frantically tried to get married
Kalyan Bandyopadhyay with 34 points
In 2nd place is
Tried travelling with two males… now nineteen weeks pregnant!
Nathan Townshend with 31 points
In 3rd place is
Trimmed off a half point?
@LowdownCryptic with 15 points
In 4th place is
Criminal tried to sneak in millions at the halfway mark
Textrous with 14 points
In 5th place is
Happy mood – cleared merit exam!
Ramki Krishnan with 13 points
Thank you all. Over to you Kalyan.
Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Halfway through pregnancy, maiden frantically tried to get married (7) | 34 | 12 | M (Maiden) + Anagram (frantically) of TRIED + M (married); Def.: Halfway through pregnancy | |
| 2 | Nathan Townshend | Tried travelling with two males… now nineteen weeks pregnant! | 31 | 13 | TRIED + MM* Def is 'now 19 weeks pregnant' | |
| 3 | @LowdownCryptic | Trimmed off a half point? (7) | 15 | 9 | TRIMMED* (anagrind: off); Def: a half point (of a term) | |
| 4 | Textrous | Criminal tried to sneak in millions at the halfway mark (7) | 14 | 6 | Def: at the halfway mark, TRIED* ("criminal" is the anagrind) in ("sneak in" is the insertion indicator) MM ("millions") | |
| 5 | Ramki Krishnan | Happy mood – cleared merit exam! (7) | 13 | 6 | Def = exam, anagram of (M-D + MERIT), cleared = picking end letters, happy = anagram ind | |
| 6 | Aashirwad | School brimmed with tension overshadowing beginning of board exam (7) | 11 | 6 | Anagram of BRIMMED, with T (tension) overshadowing B (beginning of board). “School” is the verb imperative anagrind. “Exam” serves as the definition. | |
| 7 | @qpheevr | I’d met Mr. Messy about halfway through the semester (7) | 9 | 6 | (ID MET MR)*; anagrind “messy”; def. “about halfway through the semester” (N.Am. academic sense) | |
| 8 | Rupert | Tried corruption in 2000 election | 9 | 5 | TRIED* in MM | |
| 9 | Amrita Majumdar | Primarily, multiple interviews during tenure exposed Republican madman in elections (7) | 9 | 5 | Acrostic | |
| 10 | Shobha Nayak | Trump principally in strangely dimmer surroundings at halfway timeline | 9 | 5 | Anagram of DIMMER around T |
Congrats to the toppers and all those who participated.
Over to Kalyan Bandyopadhyay for the next contest.
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