Here are the leaderboards and the list of words that have been featured in the 1ACCWC, the winners and their winning clues.

S.NO	Word	Winner	Winning Clue
1	PARTY	@LowdownCryptic	Do they finally catch up? (5)
2	BOUDICA	Satyen Nabar	Warrior queen organised a coup bid after losing power (7)
3	TIE THE KNOT (3,3,4)	Ruskin	Marry thee on Tik Tok? Not OK! Dreadful! (3,3,4)
4	COMPLY	Textrous	Respect is missing from Special Olympics (6)
5	MACHINE	Veera Raghavan	Husband came in, repaired device (7)
6	RELOCATING	Satyen Nabar	Moving injured girl at once (10)
7	BROADCAST	Abhay Phadnis	Programme heads of BBC rule out any discussion concerning Andrew’s sexual transgressions (9)
8	OPULENCE	Textrous	New couple breaking up after losing wife’s wealth (8)
9	EXPLICIT	Amrita Majumdar	Parking inside no longer allowed- clear? (8)
10	DELICATE	Veera Raghavan	Weak citadel crumbled at the end of battle (8)
11	INSECT	@LowdownCryptic	Nicest bats for cricket, perhaps (6)
12	SHOOTER	Nathan Townshend	Snapper swimming to shore (7)
13	EXCLUSIVE	Satyen Nabar	Old cryptic clue is very elegant (9)
14	CO-OPERATION	Veera Raghavan	Help company repaint room’s interiors afresh (2-9)
15	FACELIFT	Satyen Nabar	Truth about life-changing cosmetic procedure (8)
16	SUMMIT	Ramki Krishnan	Must I minute stupid meeting? (6)
17	ENTHUSIASM	@LowdownCryptic	US anthem is played with gusto (10)
18	TITULAR	Satyen Nabar	So-called altruist, sadly no saint (7)
19	IMPROPER	Kalyan Bandyopadhyay	Corrupt Emir receiving support? It’s unacceptable (8)
20	PERPETUITY	Abhay Phadnis	Shame about ill repute - it never ends (10)
21	BEVERAGE	Sampath Srinivasan	Bachelor always has time for a drink (8)
22	KIND	Ganesh Raman	Good-natured child steals one’s heart (4)
23	STAMPEDE	@LowdownCryptic	Blast made pets rush wildly (8)
24	THUNDER	Satyen Nabar	Turned crazy, consuming heroin and crack (7)
25	RETALIATE	@LowdownCryptic	Playing sitar, Beatle starts off “Get Back” (9)
26	GREECE	Arjun Mukerjee	A place of some pedigree? Certainly. (6)
27	GREECE	Ramki Krishnan	Most welcome climate on vacation in European country (6)
28	GREECE	Ganesh Raman	European nation’s government reissued decree to expel democrat
29	MOTHER	Satyen Nabar	Raise money for a little boy in trouble (6)
30	CONCAVE (7)	Samit Kallianpur	Misusing cocaine, one becomes very depressed (7)
31	PEACE	Sitter	Hope a ceasefire secures this? (5)
32	CAFETERIA	Satyen Nabar	Ate rice and a fine stew in restaurant (9)
33	CIGARETTE	Manish Jhaveri	Criminal I target in church is one among a pack of killers (9)
34	DEMONSTRATE	Textrous	Show me otters and bats (11)
35	TREADMILL (9)	Satyen Nabar	Am thrilled to avoid hard exercise routine (9)
36	STAND OUT	Samit Kallianpur	Oldest and outdated housing project (5,3)
37	DEPORTATION	@LowdownCryptic	Dare to point out something Trump’s doing illegally? (11)
38	FRACTION	Satyen Nabar	Fine actor in unconventional part (8)
39	ROUTINE	Saurabh Upadhyay	Predictable loss at home against England (7)
40	MENTION	Ganesh Raman	Mint one fake note (7)
41	PINOCCHIO	VMA Nair	Puppet president beginning to impose limit to immigration at chaotic borders controlled by US state (9)
42	TAVERN	Sowmya Ramkumar	Local travel mostly arranged before noon (6)
43	BUDGET	Crypticblah	Cheap bigmouthed drunk? Not IMHO (6)
44	MARRIAGE	Ramki Krishnan	Coach about to leave for Manchester’s first match (8)
45	ANECDOTE	Sowmya Ramkumar	Cast enacted absorbing love story (8)
46	ADORATION	Textrous	Love to do a rain dance (9)
47	CONFETTI	Sitter	It often gets thrown by entrance to church (8)
48	COMPETITION	Textrous	Prepared topic on time for event (11)
49	MANIFEST	Satyen Nabar	Mafia sent criminal to kill associate? That’s obvious (8)
50	VERANDA	N Anantakrishnan	Porch essentially covered with awning at the top (7)
51	MILESTONE	Textrous	Doctor lies to me about new breakthrough (9)
52	CONCERT	Ramki Krishnan	Show plan where President is Republican (7)
53	RIBBON	Satyen Nabar	Introduction to Batman and Robin comic strip (6)
54	ADVENTURE	Kalyan Bandyopadhyay	Experience or endure a TV broadcast (9)
55	MATRIX	N Anantakrishnan	Revolutionary Marxist state's leader is off grid (6)
56	BEACH	Ganesh Raman	Businessman's capital is pursued by every bank (5)
57	WHISKY	Satyen Nabar	Wife is extremely kinky after drinking hard liquor (6)
58	WELL DONE	Samit Kallianpur	No weed left? A little bit of LSD may be good for you! (4,4)
59	MINESTRONE (10)	@LowdownCryptic	In Rome, sent out for Italian food (10)
60	MAGICIAN	Textrous	Am I acting craftily to make model disappear? (8)
61	PAGER	Kaustav Datta	Gadget carried around by teenager - e.g, a phone (5)
62	PAGER	Samit Kallianpur	Time to stop marketing this gizmo? (5)
63	ASSAULT (7)	Satyen Nabar	Hit by lust, has a romp when husband's away (7)
64	RESOURCE	Samit Kallianpur	Sure, core exercises help (8)
65	TIPTOE	N Anantakrishnan	Note : Potholes every now and then, proceed carefully ((6)
66	EGOMANIAC	Kalyan Bandyopadhyay	Trump possibly shot? Come again? (9)
67	SPEARHEAD	Textrous	Hare sped off to take a leading position (9)
68	TROPHY	@LowdownCryptic	Cup of wine raised, then happily emptied (6)
69	TROPHY	Ganesh Raman	Work hard, put in effort, get an award (6)
70	ESOTERIC	Satyen Nabar	Most see erotic reels in private (8)
71	ARROGANCE	Textrous	Conceit or rage can go out of control (9)
72	WEATHER	Satyen Nabar	How a tree releases oxygen, changing atmospheric conditions (7)
73	RESULT	Ganesh Raman	Bizarre rules lead to terrible outcome (6)
74	GYRATION	Ramki Krishnan	Ashwin’s opening trying desperately to grip ball for spin (8)
75	CALCULATE (9)	Textrous	Tailor cut lace to clothe oddly lean figure (9)
76	HANG UP	Samit Kallianpur	Henry called .and right away, cut the call! (4,2)
77	RETIRE	Suyash Roongta	Consumed by regret, I resolve to go away (6)
78	INHERITANCE (11)	Gayathri Viswanath	What my late mother left for me – entire China set (11)
79	GO BANANAS	N Anantakrishnan	Get upset with travel restrictions limiting all new arrivals basically (2,7)
80	ELECT	Satyen Nabar	Pick up succulent celery sandwiches (5)
81	PARTICLE	N Anantakrishnan	Beginning to panic? Maybe a bit (8)
82	INSTRUMENT (10)	Textrous	Inmates turn violent without a control mechanism (10)
83	ACADEMY	Samit Kallianpur	Came a day, sadly, when one had to leave school (7)
84	HANDLE	Ramki Krishnan	Pick up spinach and lettuce sandwiches (6)
85	CUL-DE-SAC	Suyash Roongta	Panicking, accused takes left into blind alley (3-2-3)
86	REFLECT	Textrous	Right to vote inspires fellow to think carefully (7)
87	LEAPING	Sowmya Ramkumar	Skipping rum, gin and ale, drinks Pepsi, essentially (7)
88	LEAPING	Veera Raghavan	Jumping rekindled leg pain (7)
89	PETROLEUM	@LowdownCryptic	Favourite part in movie? Naked bums, to be crude (9)
90	ANTIQUE	Ramki Krishnan	Old criminal ran away from quarantine (7)
91	MOBILE	@LowdownCryptic	Active couples starting mountain biking lessons (6)
92	PERSEVERE	Satyen Nabar	Go on wild spree, drinking endlessly (9)
93	IDOL	Ganesh Raman	Iconic depiction of Lord, primarily (4)
94	CELEBRATION	Satyen Nabar	Party supporter involved in rigging election (11)
95	A CLEAN SLATE	Sowmya Ramkumar	Beginning from MacLean’s latest (1,5,5)
96	SUSPEND	Satyen Nabar	Extremely shocked about American writer’s arrest (7)
97	MERRY	N Anantakrishnan	Gay couple left America for England
98	MERRY	Textrous	Drunk setter’s about to make a mistake
99	CHLORINATED	Satyen Nabar	Children at old complex like the swimming pools (11)
100	NIGHTMARE	Satyen Nabar	Hearts captured by poor emigrant's ordeal (9)
101	NIGHTMARE	Qpheevr	Arming the rebels for a worst-case scenario (9)
102	VALOUR	Textrous	Spirit from a small bottle knocking out one of us (6)
103	MATCH	Sparsh Sinha	Initially mocked, Australian team create history in tournament (5)
104	GESTURE	Satyen Nabar	Starts to eat uncooked rice, gets loose motion (7)
105	LAMP	Qpheevr	Looking at my phone primarily as a light source (4)
106	UBER	Ramki Krishnan	The best of Youtube reels (4)
107	CACOPHONY (9)	Suyash Roongta	California policeman gets love after busting drug racket (9)
108	ENGAGE	Saurabh Upadhyay	Order upended in Israel, a democracy (5)
109	MEDAL	Ramki Krishnan	Extremely lithe and fit for competition (8)
110	LEAGUE	Satyen Nabar	High on rum, cuddling single female in flat (7)
111	UNIFORM	Sparsh Sinha	Boozy actor regularly seen with two models at bar (7)
112	TREASON	Suyash Roongta	Heartache, essentially, about a child's betrayal (7)
113	LANDING	Ganesh Raman	A dash of lemon with gin ordered at the end of a flight (7)
114	OPPENHEIMER	Satyen Nabar	Pioneer, he worked with initiators of Manhattan Project (11)
115	HEATWAVE	Sowmya Ramkumar	Man at women’s topless party has a torrid time! (8)
116	THREADS	Amrita Majumdar	Not a bit of crease in freshly starched clothes (7)
117	PASTIME (7)	Satyen Nabar	Team is buckling under pressure in game (7)
118	TITAN	Kalyan Bandyopadhyay	Wasn't it a navigation component responsible for this submersible mishap? (5)
119	SMART ALEC (5,4)	Satyen Nabar	Male star playing lead in Chinatown as a clever dick (5,4)
120	ACT OF GOD	Textrous	Natural disaster got a doc worried about the onset of fatalities (3,2,3)
121	LITIGATION	Ramki Krishnan	Relief after spending money to get topmost lawyer for case (10)
122	SCEPTRE	Textrous	Royal staff's lurid secret about prince (7)
123	EUPHORIA	Satyen Nabar	Hear opium's fantastic, leaving many in bliss (8)
124	CONSUMMATE	Textrous	Practised mum's one-act plays (10)
125	VACATION	@LowdownCryptic	Doctor can't avoid missing day trip (8)
126	PROXY	Satyen Nabar	CPR, oxygen saves delegate (5)
127	STAND	Adman	Street with a view (5)
128	ASSIDUOUS(9)	Raj Jayaram	So, US aid made us hard-working? (9)
129	DIATRIBE	Venkatesan P	Criticism? I'd bear it anyway! (8)
130	PASTRIES	Textrous	Baked stuff that is taken from patisserie, perhaps (8)
131	DEFAMATION	Ganesh Raman	Doctor, I am not deaf! That’s a personal attack (10)
132	REVERBERATE	Satyen Nabar	Boxer’s last two vertebrae injured in ring (11)
133	DANCE	Ramki Krishnan	Old ancestral houses rock! (5)
134	CLINICAL	Satyen Nabar	Disinterested husband dumped I can chill out (8)
135	EMPOWERMENT	Veera Raghavan	Desperate workmen meet prince when king is away to get permission (11)
136	AHA MOMENT	Amrita Majumdar	Sudden discovery of a sacred mantra found in stirring anthem (3,6)
137	CURTAIN	Satyen Nabar	Dog can have glaucoma, eventually becoming blind (7)
138	CONGLOMERATE	Suyash Roongta	A long-term CEO restructured business empire. (12)
139	PATTERN (7)	Satyen Nabar	Model, say, going topless - enthralled by pot (7)
140	PREPOSTEROUS	Samit Kallianpur	Broadcast: “Europe stops war at last! That’s incredible!” (12)
141	SECOND	Saurabh Upadhyay	Oddly, she’s crowned the runner-up (6)
142	HIGH-FLYER	@LowdownCryptic	Greetings! Good handoff after vacation – let’s start year picking out a winner (4-5)
143	PLUCKY	N Anantakrishnan	Bold cover of Playboy amasses fortune (6)
144	PROPAGANDA	Madhusudan H	A dangerous app spreads useless disinformation (10)
145	NO-BRAINER	N Anantakrishnan	Air borne pathogen ultimately spreads - that's obvious (2-7)
146	FOOTBALL	Madhusudan H	A sport where forwards outrun opponents, tackle blockers and land lethal headers (8)
147	SENTIMENT (9)	Satyen Nabar	Feeling smitten, one nervously expresses love (9
148	WAITRESSES	Samit Kallianpur	Is water frequently served by them? (10)
149	MONKEY BUSINESS	Manish Jhaveri	Team on key bus in Essex caught clowning around (6,8)
150	NAIL-BITING	Satyen Nabar	Wild night in Bali without husband is exciting (4-6)
151	DIABOLIC	Vinod Raman	Shocking alibi coward fabricated to avoid war (8)
152	DIABOLIC	Ganesh Raman	Vicious biomedical waste killing me (8)
153	NEW YORK	Ramki Krishnan	Notable banks operate around Yankee state (3,4)
154	MINIONS	Suyash Roongta	Lackeys abandoned unionism after leader disappeared (7)
155	FAREWELL	Sparsh Sinha	For starters, Federer and Rafa’s encounter was epic ! Lovely last act of departure (8)
156	EMBRYO	Madhusudan H	Baby-to-be starts to expand, mother buys relaxing yoga outfit (6)
157	FUNERAL	Ananth Srinivasan	Fuel ran out? That's the last thing you need! (7)
158	SUPERLATIVE	@inwitinwit	Free exchange of rupees vital for capital. (11)
159	RECOVERY	Dave Williams	Getting back on top? Yes! (8)
160	COMEDIAN	Suyash Roongta	Chris Rock perhaps made icon mad (8)
161	DRESSING GOWN	Ganesh Raman	Spooner’s figuring out, standing next to sink, what to wear while at home (8,4)
162	SUPREME COURT	Dave Williams	Overturning ‘Roe’? Cue Trump’s appointed justices (7,5)
163	MODERATION	@LowdownCryptic	Cook me tandoori – not too much! (10)
164	CAPITALIST	qpheevr	Supplier of dough for California flatbread menu (10)
165	ANTHEM	Ganesh Raman	Slogan the motherland embraces! (6)
166	DAREDEVIL	Suyash Roongta	Reckless management of deadlier variant, at first (9)
167	SCARLET	Vinod Raman	Red alerts reissued to contain the onset of Covid-19 (7)
168	CHARISMA [8]	Madhusudan H	Leaders of Congress hallucinate about Rahul inheriting Sonia's money and appeal (8)
169	SINGER	Samit Kallianpur	Diva's embraced by fans, in Germany (6)
170	AIR HOSTESS	Satyen Nabar	Neerja for one is a hero, shot protecting travellers primarily with extreme selflessness (3,7)
171	BIODIVERSITY	Vinod Raman	I'd bet ivory is plundered for natural richness (12)
172	SMACK	Ganesh Raman	Hit-man’s head found in gunny bag (5)
173	VARIABLE	Myra Shah	Unsettle a rival? Be unpredictable! (8)
174	DYNASTY	Sparsh Sinha	Rule no.1 of dieting - you never add sugar to yogurt (7)
175	PIPE DREAM	Manish Jhaveri	Pampered Indian leader engineered Achche Din perhaps (4, 5)
176	SPRING	Madhusudan H	After regular losses, Super Kings struck boundaries to bounce back (6)
177	HOST	Lily Geller	Who’s that entertaining emcee? (4)
178	ADVOCATE	N Anantakrishnan	Essentially, Novak acted improperly for a champion (8)
179	MANUSCRIPT	Lily Geller	Arcane stamp with runic handwriting (10)
180	SHAMPOO	@LowdownCryptic	Quiet morning? Relieve yourself – it's what almost everyone does in the shower (7)
181	CONTRACT	Madhusudan H	Leaders of China open new trade route after cancelling Taiwan's agreement (8)
182	RESILIENT	Lily Geller	Gargling Listerine is tough (9)
183	INVASION	Raj Jayaram	Attack in vain - so sad! (8)
184	TALL ORDER	Satyen Nabar	Alert old leader of Russia making unreasonable demand (4,5)
185	RICOCHET	Ganesh Raman	Top leader pursuing filthy rich CEO for a kickback (8)
186	ENTROPY	Myra Shah	Perhaps poetry captures the essence of one’s turmoil (7)
187	LIGHTER (7)	Nate Cardin	Flying? That fear's occasionally not as serious (7)
188	CHAMELEON	Arjun Mukerjee	Lehman CEO? Crooked opportunist! (9)
189	METRONOME	Vinod Raman	No more time glitches when one's set off (9)
190	SECURITY	Ananth Srinivasan	Corrupt countryside don denied immunity (8)
191	FRAGILE	N Anantakrishnan	Vulnerable kid is sucked into criminal life (7)
192	SILVESTER	Amrita Majumdar	Silver set used for celebration (9)
193	SILVESTER	Ananth Srinivasan	Nun shelters wingless elves of the woodland (9)
194	CHRISTMAS	Debbie Manber Kupfer	Holiday trims cash dramatically! (9)
195	TINSEL	SSv Avtaar	What essentially glistens gaudily (6)
196	VARIANT	Amrita Majumdar	An introduction to visual art in a new form (7)
197	FULL CIRCLE	Satyen Nabar	Flu left cleric shivering in round trip (4,6)
198	SHOWER	Gayathri Viswanath	Fixture found in bathroom - mirror, perhaps? (6)
199	CARNAGE	Thejaswi Udupa	Worry about plague causing widespread destruction (7)
200	CLIMATE	Amrita Majumdar	Capitals of Chile and Peru with extremely temperate weather (7)
201	SUPERNATURAL	Satyen Nabar	Mysterious criminal nurtures a plan to kill nationalist (12)
202	PARLIAMENT	Amrita Majumdar	Post retirement, lived in father's house (10)
203	GUARDIAN	Samit Kallianpur	A drug bust?...One by a new warden! (8)
204	IMPROMPTU	Satyen Nabar	One-man concert put up without preparation (9)
205	LEADER	Ananth Srinivasan	Editorial left reviewer scratching head (6)
206	LEADER	Ramki Krishnan	Chief Advocate beheaded!! (6)
207	PARADISE	N Anantakrishnan	A date in Paris, ending in love and bliss (8)
208	BLUE WHALE	Veera Raghavan Sundararajan	Sad when setter was killed by a mammal (4,5)
209	TEENAGERS	Ramki Krishnan	At war, sergeant starting to enlist minors (9)
210	MEANDER	Manish Jhaveri	Need a suspect in murder case to talk more than necessary (7)
211	DEBACLE	Ganesh Nayak	Fiasco in bed: upset over another clear failure to climax (7)
212	PEGASUS	Ramki Krishnan	Malware: Case of phones getting infected by careless usage (7)
213	SUSPECT	Satyen Nabar	Unreliable faction seizes power after America withdraws (7)
214	JAVELIN	Saurabh Upadhyay	Neeraj returned after vacation to dominate a live sporting event (7)
215	TRACK	SSv Avtaar	Top of the shelf scent (5)
216	COMPETE	Gayathri Viswanath	Student lost in close battle (7)
217	OBJECT	Amrita Majumdar	Old and miserable without a plan (6)
218	VICTORY	Camelia Oberoi	Win by conservative party after corruption is reduced (7)
219	AMBIGUITY	Amrita Majumdar	Doubt a doctor with innocent face is responsible for killing 50 (9)
220	AMBIGUITY	Saurabh Upadhyay	Friendship takes a turn after overcoming serious doubt (9)
221	HACKNEYED	Manish Misra	Cut ‘n’ saw routine (9)
222	OVERCAST	Satyen Nabar	Covers at ground? It's cloudy (8)
223	PENCHANT	Manish Jhaveri	Fancy swansong (8)
224	BEAT	Ananth Srinivasan	Speculate about a strike (4)
225	LIBERAL	Thejaswi Udupa	Most reliable, well-organized, open-minded person (7)
226	EVERGREEN	Satyen Nabar	Enduringly popular revenge novel about woman killing husband (9)
227	LOITER	Manish Jhaveri	Roleplay involved sex in drag (6)
228	MEGALOMANIAC	Thejaswi Udupa	With Shah, this person drunk on power becomes macho Sanghi male (12)
229	TRUMPET	Satyen Nabar	Mutter softly perhaps? Quite the opposite (7)
230	MANIPULATE	Veera Raghavan Sundararajan	Parliament has no right to take over university, deceptively getting control (10)
231	MANIPULATE	Sowmya Ramkumar	Naipaul met eccentric doctor (10)
232	DISPARAGE	SSv Avtaar	Mock parade is organised, welcoming leader in Gujarat (9)
233	ORNATE	Manish Jhaveri	Like jewellery worn at exclusive shows (6)
234	SPIKE	Maya Sharma	Primarily stock prices indicate key economic projection (5)
235	SUEZ CANAL	SSv Avtaar	Can US zeal free blocked route for ships ? (4,5)
236	OPINION	Satyen Nabar	Thought of poison in cocktail to get rid of missus finally (7)
237	MANDOLIN	Ajeesh VM	Old man dancing and playing musical instrument (8)
238	LASHES	Ramki Krishnan	Beats criminal as he steals sandwiches (6)
239	STADIUM	Deepa Jhaveri	Motera, say, must aid spin (7)
240	CURFEW	Manish Jhaveri	Clampdown by leader disregarded by some (6)
241	TOOLKIT	N Anantakrishnan	Look out! One has been arrested by heartless tyrant for document on social media campaign (7)
242	FASCISM	Satyen Nabar	Fellow orchestrating scams across India for authoritarian rule (7)
243	ONCE IN A BLUE MOON	Ajeesh VM	Very rarely announce old mobile updates (4,2,1,4,4)
244	MALAISE	Satyen Nabar	Kamala is elected, curbing unease (7)
245	PRIVACY	Ramki Krishnan	Troubled vicar enters empty priory to get solitude (7)
246	HOOLIGANS	Manish Jhaveri	Rioters who, with leader gone, get thrown in gaols (9)
247	FANTASTIC	SSv Avtaar	It's a fact -nation's leader is sneaky and unbelievable (9)
248	FINAL	Samit Kallianpur	Last bookshelf in a library section (5)
249	MISTLETOE	N Anantakrishnan	Film with the French legend! It calls for a kiss (9)
250	CREATURE	Ramki Krishnan	Human's right to have breakthrough antidote (8)
251	CREATURE	Satyen Nabar	Person mixing the curare to kill husband (8)
252	FARMER	Manish Jhaveri	He grows much more agitated without support of those in the centre (6)
253	MARADONA	N Anantakrishnan	Footballer's drama on a ground (8)
254	PUNY	Satyen Nabar	Petty president, essentially out by new year (4)
255	WARMTH	Ramki Krishnan	After battle, leaders of military troops have to demonstrate cordiality (6)
256	PANDEMONIUM	Ajeesh VM	Stir and roast on medium flame (11)
257	PLATE	Ramki Krishnan	Serving as President? No more! (5)
258	EXPONENTIAL	Ajeesh VM	Explain note about a type of mathematical function (11)
259	ADIPOSE	Satyen Nabar	Top ideas devised to lose a little tummy fat (7)
260	CULTURE	Manish Jhaveri	Cruel, tainted, unprincipled leaders destroyed society (7)
261	CHUTNEY	Gaurav Johri	Ordered my set lunch without starters. It's usually spicy (7)
262	HASH	Vinit Wankhede	Leading heroine has arranged some dope (4)
263	CLAIMED	Satyen Nabar	Alleged hint of conspiracy left media in a frenzy (7)
264	HAPPINESS	Manish Jhaveri	Laughter eases pains ... helps forget first love (9)
265	BOTTLE OPENER	Satyen Nabar	On beer and pot, let loose - it's what drinker needs (6,6)
266	ALL THE BEST	Ajeesh VM	Wish rum bottles heal the absence of love (3,3,4)
267	MASK	Ramki Krishnan	Form a skin covering (4)
268	IMPERATIVE	Satyen Nabar	Crucial ring stolen in exciting pirate movie (10)
269	PRODIGAL	Krishnan Anantheswaran	Expert probe finds Article 50 reckless (8)
270	CHAMPION	Ramki Krishnan	Support study covering Indian heritage site (8)
271	ABSTRACT	Gaurav Johri	In short, a system of organs behind the pelvic muscles (8)
272	MINORITY	HMS Cryptic	Modi is now openly recognizing India's talented, young leaders of the smaller group (8)
273	ENCOUNTER	SSv Avtaar	Contest played on Centre Court , essentially (9)
274	ENCOUNTER	Bhalchandra Pasupathy	Total time lost in board meeting (9)
275	NEPOTISM	Andrew Thangaraj	Favouritism is adopted by corrupt top men (8)
276	COURAGE	Manish Jhaveri	It's shown by soldiers fighting Chinese on the front these days (7)
277	PURPOSE	Manish Jhaveri	Aspire to recreate Leonardo's last Supper (7)
278	MIGRANT	Amrita Majumdar	I am raising money for displaced worker (7)
279	TENDER	HMS Cryptic	Offer to recall censored Netflix content (6)
280	FIGURE	Manish Jhaveri	Grief spreads with Trump in the Centre as leader (6)
281	IGNORANCE	Camelia Oberoi	It can be bliss to play organ in Church (9)
282	PERSISTENT	Satyen Nabar	Constant parking problem in streets (10)
283	SUBLIME	Ganesh Nayak	Toasted muesli infused with blueberry essence is out of this world! (7)
284	DEADPAN	HMS Cryptic	Early signs of deadly epidemics and dangerous pandemics are not serious (7)
285	TOURNAMENT	Andrew Thangaraj	World cup team not worried about miserable run (10)
286	PEDESTRIAN	Ganesh Nayak	Ordinary train running with extraordinary speed (10)
287	PEDESTRIAN	SSv Avtaar	Severely strained after workout everyday (10)
288	DISTANCE	Manish Jhaveri	It’s awkwardly maintained during social separation (8)
289	HOPE	Manish Jhaveri	What people look for every second in the Covid epidemic perhaps? (4)
290	SALUBRIOUS	Satyen Nabar	Resolution of labour issue, largely beneficial (10)
291	VACCINE	Ganesh Nayak	Jonas Salk discovered one suspended in scenic cave (7)
292	MARCH	Ramesh Swaminathan	This month all leading markets are repeatedly crashing, help (5)
293	PROPERTY	SSv Avtaar	Often, pure poetry is edited for quality (8)
294	BEARING	Ramki Krishnan	Pray to receive fresh rain and air (7)
295	PARASITE	SSv Avtaar	One gatecrashing parties maybe? (8)
296	CRACKERS	N Anantakrishnan	After Christiano Ronaldo's headers, supporters start going crazy (8)
297	CAUCUS	Amrita Majumdar	Students ditch differential calculus session (6)
298	PANDEMIC	Thejaswi Udupa	Damn! Epic outbreak. (8)
299	WELCOME	Satyen Nabar	Most ladies around the Spanish club are desirable (7)
300	ACCIDENT	N Anantakrishnan	Misadventure of "acche din" unraveling - truth finally coming out with time (8)
301	UNIVERSITY	Ramki Krishnan	Institution training you primarily in virtues (10)
302	DEFRAY	Satyen Nabar	Dare to tackle Iran! Heartily pay (6)
303	VISION	Andrew Thangaraj	Dream for one to enter lover's heart is working (6)
304	AMENDMENT	Viresh Ratnakar	A date, oddly involving two men, for a change (9)
305	APOLOGISE	Satyen Nabar	Express regret when logo is misprinted in copy (9)
306	ADOPTION	Veera Raghavan Sundararajan	A party working around news agency for acceptance (8)
307	PINK	Fa Ten	Rose to stick with Jack in the end (4)
308	CAREFUL	Thejaswi Udupa	Members of Forward Bloc are fully on guard (7)
309	PARK	Ramki Krishnan	Son left Kindle in garden (4)
310	COMPOSED	Vinit Wankhede	Wrote sad poems about love during cold days (8)
311	REPUDIATE	SSv Avtaar	Pure dates, mostly cultivated around Indian desert (9)
312	OCCASION	Andrew Thangaraj	Retired company auditor is up on time for event (8)
313	ARGUMENT	Lakshmi Vaidyanathan	Urgent ! Am out for a debate (8)
314	DRAFT	Satyen Nabar	Denuding Aarey in irresponsible plan (5)
315	TOLERANCE	Arjun Mukerjee	CEO learnt about patience (9)
316	DOG	Fa Ten	Ring with diamonds on top, girl's best friend? (3)
317	SUSPENSE	Vinit Wankhede	It stirs up senses! (8)
318	NOVICE	Satyen Nabar	Sadly, I've no competence to begin with (6)
319	ABROGATE	Ashit Hegde	Initially, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha openly gallivanted - had to break off (8)
320	SOAP OPERA	Satyen Nabar	Serial appears too outlandish - waste of time (4,5)
321	MEDITATION	Sundararaman Srinivasan	A method to tie a mind that's wandering (10)
322	DELUGE	Guruswamy Nataraj	Pull through a river in spate (6)
323	UNEARTH	Andrew Thangaraj	Her aunt becomes mine (7)
324	BELLWETHER	Neelima Rai	The leader bowled surprisingly well there (10)
325	ORCHESTRA	Satyen Nabar	I'm quitting choirmaster's new band (9)
326	BEDEVIL	SSv Avtaar	Doctor believed one drug eradicated plague (7)
327	FORECAST	Nemo Omen	Divine forces at play (8)
328	SUCCULENT	Manjunath Gawade	Such detailed book about cryptic clue's delightful (9)
329	SPILL THE BEANS	Satyen Nabar	Slept with hot lesbian slyly? Tell all (5,3,5)
330	VERTIGO	Manish Misra	Medical condition of very complicated goitre (7)
331	BEER	Satyen Nabar	Bit of free booze lifts spirit (4)
332	BOLT	Viresh Ratnakar	Screw-up in Brexit lobby? (4)
333	SHENANIGANS	Sundararaman Srinivasan	Playing in an Ashes game on debut, player indulged in dishonest activities (11)
334	BETTER HALF	Amrita Majumdar	Husband left the bar staggering (6,4)
335	ARITHMETIC	Sundararaman Srinivasan	Possibly, trickiest math that leaves many stumped (10)
336	FALSE TEETH	Ramki Krishnan	Choppers that land in water at night? (5,5)
337	MANIFESTO	Iis Venky	It often aims to confuse? (9)
338	TIGER WOODS	Manjunath Gawade	This international golfer's exceptionally remarkable, winner of over dozen sports titles (5,5)
339	PHILANDER	Ramki Krishnan	After soft greeting, put both hands around sweetheart to flirt (9)
340	TRUMPET	Satyen Nabar	Mutter softly perhaps? Quite the opposite (7)
341	DOUBLE	M Scrabbler	Dolly, oddly underweight baby lamb, earth's first clone (6)
342	FEATHER	Ashley Smith	Down here fat melts (7)
343	SHAPE	Satyen Nabar	Cherish a perfectly maintained physique (5)
344	OBJECTIVE	Manjunath Gawade	Just another job sweetheart, working topless (9)
345	WARMONGER	Vinit Wankhede	Belligerent men are wrong, misguided (9)
346	CORDIAL	Ramki Krishnan	Cold air turning warm (7)
347	REDOLENT	Thejaswi Udupa	Suggestive dress? Don't leer! (8)
348	RADIANT	Tulika Das	Brilliant maneuver in the end by Nadia performing on bar (7)
349	STING	Vinit Wankhede	Hurting inside? Trust in God! (5)
350	ELECTIONS	Satyen Nabar	A little stunned after Left topples Right in assembly polls (9)
351	STRENGTH	Kalyan Bandyopadhyay	Last couples in contest are dancing with intensity (8)
352	ADMINISTRATOR	Ganesh Nayak	Here, skillful Sowmya's one, adroit Martin's another (13)
353	MASQUERADE	Sandhya Paruchuri	Surprisingly, drama queen's not the centre of attention in a fancy-dress ball (10)
354	FIREWORKS	Satyen Nabar	Hysterics and fury before wife breaks cutlery (9)
355	TENTATIVE	Arun Kumar	Temporary shelter had four inside (9)
356	DELEGATE	Manjunath Gawade	Representative of Rafale finally gets support in court (8)
357	CALAMITY	Sowmya Ramkumar	Still not married, understanding it could be a disaster (8)
358	ATELIER	Ganesh Nayak	Studio had rooftop lounge included (7)
359	EVIDENCE	Ajeesh VM	Witness and criminal need advice in the absence of lawyer (8)
360	STRETCH	Manjunath Gawade	Reach again for one in pain (7)
361	FORWARD	Dhirendra Tripathi	Because there's will at first, there's a way ahead (7)
362	SUPERLATIVE	Antonio Sarmiento	Best value: ripest bananas (11)
363	FESTIVAL	Ramki Krishnan	Last five crackers for Diwali, say (8)
364	ACHING	Amrita Majumdar	Desperately wanting a cold gin cocktail having a dash of honey (6)
365	SABOTAGE	Satyavrat Bondre	Leaders of Saudi Arabia become overly troubled about Government's elitist disruption (8)
366	CHALLENGE	Satyen Nabar	Tax measure withdrawn in amendment (9)
367	INTEGRATE	Sowmya Ramkumar	By mistake, tag entire group (9)
368	BASKET CASE	Sundararaman Srinivasan	Best cake? A special, fluffy fruitcake! (6,4)
369	BASKET CASE	Kaustav Datta	Often, she takes cab to travel, being one who can\\\'t walk independently? (6,4)
370	FALLS	Sowmya Ramkumar	Families, on vacation, pack everything for trips
371	SPLENDOUR	Sundararaman Srinivasan	Controversial US open ends in slur, overshadowed individual brilliance (9)
372	UNIVERSAL	Satyen Nabar	Common worry - Rupee beginning to slide in value (9)
373	INDICT	Ramki Krishnan	Mallya finally leaves country, facing court charge (6)
374	IMRAN KHAN	Viresh Ratnakar	Politician of Muslim rank, handsome (5,4)
375	DEMOCRACY	Satyen Nabar	Protest and shout about current system of government (9)
376	COLLAPSE	Sundararaman Srinivasan	Fail or pass? Pass!(8)
377	OFFERTORY	Supriya Mithal	Removing lid from strongbox, Party member finds mass donations (9)
378	ASSEVERATE	Sundararaman Srinivasan	A divide in AP, say, on ceding capital of Telangana State (10)
379	AWARD	Ramki Krishnan	Died after a battle, getting Param Vir Chakra say (5)
380	GOAL	Kaustav Datta	What Diego Alves keeps? (4)
381	ENVELOPES	Ramki Krishnan	Stupid peon leaves without a set of office supplies (9)
382	DEVASTATE	SSv Avtaar	Spoil Rig Veda, say (9)
383	ESTABLISH	Chatur Vasi	Found to be less habit-forming (9)
384	BREAK A LEG	Satyen Nabar	Good luck fixing leak in rickety barge (5,1,3)
385	EXPRESS DELIVERY	Sowmya Ramkumar	Ex spy redelivers criminal for quick handover (7,8)
386	PICTURE	Ramki Krishnan	Person with fine taste, heading off to frame Monet's final painting (7)
387	NATURE	SSv Avtaar	Exercise, eat and run wild (6)
388	SUPERMOM	Sudarshan Jaganathan	Rumi's poem about selfless, extraordinary parent (8)
389	PALINDROME	Ramki Krishnan	Perhaps Mum and daughter visiting friend in old city (10)
390	BALANCE	Ashley Smith	Barbarism - as likely as not - leads to extremes of corrective justice (7)
391	ENTERTAIN	Sandhya Paruchuri	Please restore internet access first (9)
392	PRISON	Satyen Nabar	Where one might meet pen pals? (6)
393	SABBATICAL	Kaustav Datta	Leave from work and start to book a cab, as it turns left (10)
394	RELEVANT	Satyen Nabar	Concealing ball tampering! Alert one captures piece of video that's to the point (8)
395	NINCOMPOOP	Jyotsna Deo	Muddled companion forgets blood group before operation. He's an idiot (10)
396	TAKE IT EASY	Satyen Nabar	Drink a beverage with spot of Scotch at the end of day to relax (4, 2, 4)
397	EXTROVERT	Ramki Krishnan	Former teetotaller is drinking? Right on! He's a sociable person (9)
398	BANDICOOT	Satyen Nabar	Debar diamond company! Seize Modi finally to bring back big rat (9)
399	SCORE	Chatur Vasi	Pictorial clue of the number 20, with a line across it
400	COMPETENT	SSv Avtaar	Skilful in bed, politician screwed teen (9)
401	ASPIRATION	Satyen Nabar	Flying into Paris, nursing a dream (10)
402	INCONSIDERATE	Heidi Schroeder	Without thinking, inserted a coin the wrong way (13)
403	ENLIGHTEN	Sowmya Ramkumar	Start to elucidate, in length, perhaps (9)
404	CRIME	Guruswamy Nataraj	Breakdown of law and order has America essentially in turmoil (5)
405	ABSOLUTELY	Kaustav Datta	It's essential in trade to buy/sell freely without restrictions (10)
406	FITNESS	Satyen Nabar	Resolve stiffens to lose a bit of flab to achieve this (7)
407	SANCTION	Supriya Mithal	Wayward son can't accept one's authority (8)
408	AVANT-GARDE	Ajeesh VM	A novel - great and very innovative (5-5)
409	DETERMINE	Satyen Nabar	Wanting a little pint? Need permit! Silly rule (9)
410	TRAVESTY	Sowmya Ramkumar	One who doesn’t drink hosts drug parties at the year-end? What a joke! (8)
411	PAGEANT	Ajeesh VM	President's deputy hosting a parade (7)
412	ANOTHER	Aashwina Moul	Anti-hero's giving up crime essentially, becoming different (7)
413	PERVADE	Heidi Schroeder	According to Dave, bananas are filling (7)
414	CHAMPION	Neelima Rai	Stand up for a drink to essentially commemorate no. 1 top player from the East (8)
415	AXIS OF EVIL	Faten Ismail	A kiss is love... If misused, it could cause misery in the world (4,2,4)
416	WISTFUL	Sowmya Ramkumar	Sad woman is tearful, when there's no one who listens (7)
417	DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS	Viresh Ratnakar	Doctor: "Work late, overeat, love, push without limits." Beautiful! (4-4,8)
418	TEMPERAMENTAL	SSV Avtaar	Volatile parliament meet is in disarray after India's leader walked out (13)
419	SUFFICIENT	Mona Sogal	Plenty of nice stuff I distributed (10)
420	ANCESTRY	Ramki Krishnan	Ambulances trying to transport blood (8)
421	COMPACT	Crypt Ella	Freshly made camp bed lining is firm (7)
422	RIGHT	Ramki Krishnan	Honest , intelligent leader killed ( 5 )
423	BLESSED	Sridhar Vedantham	Damned? Quite the contrary!
424	HILARIOUS	Supriya Mithal	Greeting the French royal with " I love America"? ,that's funny(9)
425	GOSSAMER	Faten Ismail	Thread created by web designer?(8)
426	BEARINGS	Sowmya Ramkumar	Doctor earns big position (8)
427	BELEAGUER	Ajeesh VM	Shortly order beer bottles for Harry (9)
428	TRUCULENCE	SSV Avtaar	Organised lecture with UN covering the source of Chechnyan hostility (10)
429	POSITION	Vinod Raman	Drink is put back inside case ( 8 )
430	SOLITUDE	Heidi Schroeder	Lied to us about single status (8 )
431	DYSLEXIA	Viresh Ratnakar	Daughter, easily exceptional, overcame unknown reading challenges (8)
432	LEISURE	Vinit Wankhede	Breaking rules? That is freedom ! (7)
433	CONTRADICT	Ramki Krishnan	Leaders of democratic India break promise...say "Yes", then "No" perhaps (10)
434	EXTENSION	Supriya Mithal	Appendix ruptured ,toxin seen (9)
435	CONTENT	Sandhya Paruchuri	Glad Australia's not batting (7)
436	MATHEMATICIAN	Sowmya Ramkumar	Summer Job? (13)
437	FACTION	Kaustav Datta	Group sex’s difficult in a cot (7)
438	BOHEMIAN	Ajeesh VM	Wandering man, i.e. hobo,mostly (8)
439	OPERATION	Vinod Raman	Working a rope into knots (9)
440	NEFARIOUS	Kaustav Datta	It's dark outside, city's unsafe to go wandering (9)
441	OREGANO	SSv Avtaar	Clumsy one groans after dropping partners’ dressing (7)
442	CROSSWORDS	Vinod Raman	They are puzzling currents that trouble aeroplanes in leaving or entering (10)
443	INVEIGLES	Sandhya Paruchuri	Sally gives in to accept the French charms (8)
444	CHOCOLATE	Manish Misra	Chanel, perhaps, drapes hot behind - sweet! (9)
445	TOWEL	Sandhya Paruchuri	After leaving the club shower, first toss wet clothes in drier (5)
446	AMAZON	Viresh Ratnakar	A construction worker's son leaves for Zuckerberg's top internet company (6)
447	DOUBLE CROSSER	Heidi Schroeder	Con man who nearly won at tic-tac-toe? (6-7)
448	ABSENT MINDED	Chatur Vasi	Contemplating staying away from work? (6-6)
449	RAPSCALLION	Sandhya Paruchuri	Little devil knocks and rings endlessly - no one turns up (11)
450	CAMARADERIE	Crypt Ella	Dear America failing at team spirit (11)
451	INDEPENDENT	Sandhya Paruchuri	Freelance writer is employed by Indian editor associated with ebooks (11)
452	MADRIGAL	Chatur Vasi	Admiral goes nuts over girl's song  (8)
453	JAMES BOND	Vinod Raman	Beguiling dames in job, one turned out to be a famous spy (5,4)
454	CONTINENT	Bhavan Kumar	Australia perhaps lacking good representatives (9)
455	MIRTH	Debasmita Basu	Happiness in Kashmir thwarted (5)
456	SACRIFICED	Guruswamy Nataraj	Leaders still argue "Congress rescued India from Imperialism". Contrarily, English departed - simply surrendered (10)
457	COMPANION	Debasmita Basu	Friend primarily can often motivate, pamper and needlessly indulge one's naughtiness (9)
458	PITCH	Lakshmi Vaidyanathan	Soft long tone (5)
459	FENESTRATE	Heidi Schroeder	Like a sunroom? Best price! One left for the ultimate in elegance! (10)
460	MANOEUVRE	Usha Mehta	Chap at French open with energy to move (9)
461	MY WORD	SSv Avtaar	Jeez! Microsoft product has finally taken off around the end of January (2,4)
462	OLD FLAME	Brian Dungate	One who had the hots for me? (3,5
463	CORPULENT	Vinod Raman	Big computer part's acquired or loaned (8)
464	LANDMARK	Sowmya Ramkumar	50+ score! It's a milestone (8)
465	POUNCE	Ramki Krishnan	Leopard follows softly to attack (6)
466	GETAWAY.	Vinod Raman	Entrance numbers 2 and 4 got switched to exit (7).
467	FIREWORKS	Srinivas Kotamarthi	Crackers we risk for bursting (9)
468	MONITOR	Brian Dungate	IT moron broke screen (7)
469	BEHAVIOUR	Siddharth Watwe	Performance (Live!) of husband, Topless? Jesus Christ!! (9)
470	CARNIVAL	Manish Misra	Celebration about match-winning point (8)
471	TAKE	Vinod Raman	Win bets endlessly (4),
472	DENOUNCE	Siddharth Watwe	A cave and a snow leopard. Damn! [8]
473	FEATURES	MONA SOGAL	Items ruined after use (8)
474	BEAST	Paddy Craven	Awesome thing! Raging sea fills empty boat (5)
475	PRESENT	Heidi Schroeder	Gift delivered early? (7)
476	STRAIGHT	Vinod Raman	Frank's art to be put up in exhibition (8)
477	LAMENT	Sridhar Vedantham	Last word in officer's elegy (6)
478	TOAST	Heidi Schroeder	Slice of tomato? A stingy breakfast choice! (5)
479	SIMPLE	Aakash Sridhar	Help miss carry back a piece of cake (6)
480	TRANSPARENT	Sridhar Vedantham	Shameless rants about mother, perhaps (11)
481	STRINGS	Crypt Ella	EGAD! Together, they make music! (7)
482	INTIMATE	Cryptic Xyzboy	I meant it in a funny way, buddy! (8)
483	FAIR	Aakash Sridhar	Lovely female voice (4)
484	RED FACED	Heidi Schroeder	Some coffee the German knocked over with obvious chagrin (3-5)
485	ARTICLE	Guruswamy Nataraj	An editor can perhaps clear it (7)
486	PROLIFERATE	Heidi Schroeder	Spread gossip about old jailbird (11)
487	CHRONICLES	Bhavan Kumar	Stories of Calvin & Hobbes primarily about the ultimate in fictional cronies (10)
488	BOOMERANG	Heidi Schroeder	Return from Nigeria following period of prosperity (9)
489	WHITE ELEPHANTS	Bhavan Kumar	We took a beating with these plan wrecking financial burdens (5, 9)
490	LAUGHTER	SSv Avtaar	Left topless girl giggling (8)
491	SIMPLICITY	Guruswamy Nataraj	Clarity inherent in some young leaders (10)
492	HEART	Bhaskarbenjamin Sunil	Bloody pump ! (5 )
493	DISTANT	Heidi Schroeder	Intrinsic reward is tantalizingly at arm's length (7)
494	BEREFT	Ramki Krishnan	Female wearing a cap, like a widow perhaps (6)
495	PEACE	Abhai Jawa	Buried in hope, a certainty of love and friendship (5)
496	ILLUMINATE	Ramki Krishnan	I will think deeply, scratching the head, and explain (10)
497	MIRACLE	Usha Mehta	It's a wonder race doesn't end in 1.6 kilometers! (7)
498	SHOWERED	Ajeesh VM	Covered but revealed without hesitation (8)
499	PATIENCE	Sowmya Ramkumar	Doctors treat them, say for phlegm (8)
500	GENERAL	Ramki Krishnan	Popular members of Arsenal are negotiating to come back (7)
501	FASHION	SSv Avtaar	It is always in shape (7)
502	MATERIAL	Ramki Krishnan	Possibly felt important (8)
503	DEMOCRACY	Paddy Craven	Protest almost split Yugoslavia's first government by the people (9)
504	FLOAT	Vinod Raman	Fly lightly over a terrain, primarily (5)
505	CONSIDERATION	Aakash Sridhar	Payment made with poor credit is a no-no (13)
506	DICTIONARY	Sowmya Ramkumar	Where you can find the meaning of life? (10)
507	SATIRICAL	Debbie Manber Kupfer	Act I - "Liars in Rebellion" - not to be taken seriously (9)
508	SOVEREIGN	Venkataraghavan Sahasranaman	It's out of Russian control, autonomous (9)
509	PARTNERSHIP	Arvind Kannabiran	A spouse is cool company (11)
510	PARADIGM SHIFT	SSv Avtaar	Manufacturing diaphragms daily in England, adopting one fundamental change (8,5)
511	MAN-EATER	Tony Sebastian	One has a consuming interest in people? (3-5)
512	RAINBOW	Vinod Raman	Cloud feature not developed to include unlimited email storage (7)
513	TURNING POINT	Tony Sebastian	A spinner can change the game with this? (7,5)
514	ENTRANCES	Ramki Krishnan	Ten different contests accepting ninety starting entries (9)
515	SCARECROW	Paddy Craven	Scruffy chap races around to brag (9)
516	FATHER	Atul Jairaj	In Arafat, he recognized a patriarch (6)
517	SCALES	Tanmay Srivastava	Rulers building castles without central courtyard (6)
518	REPRISE	Brian Dungate	Dr. Peppers - It's her regular way to get going again (7)
519	SLIP	Aakash Sridhar	Mistake school for college in a film scene (4)
520	PLAIN	Debasmita Basu	Modest minister doesn't have tea (5)
521	SINGLED OUT	Heidi Schroeder	Blamed for ungodliest mess! (7,3)
522	BULWARK	Sowmya Ramkumar	Partition figured in Kabul war killing (7)
523	ANTITHESIS	Aditya Wankhede	State hints destruction of opposition (10)
524	MISANTHROPE	Vinit Wankhede	Model on the ramp is a man hater (11)
525	RELATING	Crypt Ella	Referring to integral's derivative, perhaps ? (8)
526	INCIDENT	Tanmay Srivastava	Incited rebellion, holding the first nonconformist event (8)
527	REGISTERS	Ramki Krishnan	Chronicles of wild tigress (9)
528	WASTE	SSv Avtaar	A stew became rotten (5)
529	DELIBERATE	Heidi Schroeder	Planned where to get a sandwich and half a beer at cost (10)
530	SCALPEL	Paddy Craven	Leading surgeons can always look professional exchanging lancet for a blade (7)
531	TEMPER	Vinod Raman	The essential mood predetermining everybody's reaction, primarily. (8)
532	FELLOWSHIP	Arvind Kannabiran	Man's in good company (10)
533	FAINT-HEARTED	Paddy Craven	A fan tried the curried chicken (5-7)
534	STANDOFFISH	Brian Dungate	Policy on workplace drinking is withdrawn (11)
535	OF COURSE	Manish Misra	Absolutely lost without sex (2,6)
536	FEATHERED	Ramki Krishnan	Hardened wife leaves to get a bit of facial, becomes soft (9)
537	HAMPER	Usha Mehta	Pork for every picnic basket (6)
538	MEDIUM	Debasmita Basu	Means to die another way in silence (6)
539	SMART	Manish Misra	Sting starts stealing Madonna's and Rihanna's tunes (5)
540	FLUTTER	Heidi Schroeder	Shiver with illness, taking the first of two trips to emergency room (7)
541	MOMENT	Raj Jayaram	Cardamom enterprise holds importance (6)
542	DIRE STRAITS	Heidi Schroeder	British band tried sitar composition, with some success! (4,7)
543	SUMPTUOUS	Brian Dungate	Expensive issue maps tour of UK's even provided (9)
544	ENDEAVOUR	Ramki Krishnan	Ever undo a wrong? Try! (9)
545	SHIFT	Lakshmi Vaidyanathan	Key Move (5)
546	LEATHER	Gaurav Johri	Hide Muggle at Hermione's house (7)
547	INTEGRATED	Heidi Schroeder	Get trained at work together (11)
548	BREAK	Paddy Craven	Holiday snap (5)
549	SET	Mohsin Ahmed	Group to make crossword clues (3)
550	EVANESCENT	Heidi Schroeder	Short sentence rewritten, upon reflection, without a verb (10)
551	MAGNETIC FIELD	Ramki Krishnan	Life can get dim? Not exactly - It's attractive! (8,5)
552	KNOWLEDGE	Paddy Craven	Keen to start immediately, student has advantage..It's acquired from learning (9)
553	PRESS RELEASE	Hari Mannarsamy	What Tamilnadu CM does to Karnataka government on Cauvery water every year - It makes a public record! (5,7)
554	HYPERSPACE	Bash Ashok	Multi-dimensional billboard? (10)
555	CONCENTRATE	Ramki Krishnan	Focus, study, create new entertaining book (11)
556	COLLATERAL DAMAGE	Arvind Kannabiran	Mountainside destruction has unintended casualties (10,6)
557	A DROP IN THE OCEAN	SSv Avtaar	A little anchor ? (1,4,2,3,5)
558	CETERIS PARIBUS	Paddy Craven	Raise prices, but incomprehensibly, everything else stays the same.(7,7)
559	GROUNDBREAKING	Srinivas Kotamarthi	Egg inside salad of Burger King and that's innovative (14)
560	CURMUDGEON	Usha Mehta	Greek character jumps into yogurt, has gone mad, and become a sourpuss! (10)
561	SHRINKING VIOLET	Usha Mehta	Shy purpl flowr ? (9, 6)
562	MENAGERIE	Ramki Krishnan	Chaps near Silver Lake zoo (9)