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1ACross is happy to present “Entice faithlessness”, from “Agrippa”, exclusively for our solvers.

The online interactive version can be completed and submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 27th March 2019.. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2019.

Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

Happy solving.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SAVE, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE END OF THE PUZZLE
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS There are twelve clues with the term 1/12. 1/12 refers to “one member of a class” and is any one of the following: CANTOR, FREGE, GODEL, HILBERT, MOORE, PEANO, PEIRCE, QUINE, RAMSEY, TARSKI, TURING or VENN. The solver has to figure out which of these 12 belongs to which clue to be able to solve / annotate the clue. 
Answer the following questions after solving the grid:
1. Which of the solution words in the grid connects the 12 members?
2. The letters on each numbered cell in the grid combine to make a phrase of the form: 1/12’s ??C??????????S ?H????M? (6,14,8) What is the phrase?
Hints: The above phrase points to something that was seminal in establishing the limits of what was possible and not possible in their subject area. 1/12 above is the member obtained from the clue to 1 down.
3. The puzzle’s title is an anagram of a famous statement in their subject area. What is that statement? THIS ???????? IS ?????

Here’s the link to the interactive puzzle

Here’s a link to the PDF

By Sowmya

Sowmya is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and independent financial consultant based in the Middle East (Bahrain). She is a puzzle editor at Amuselabs. She has set over 1,300 crosswords for various publications including over 1000 mini crosswords, cryptic crosswords (under the pseudonym Hypatia for The Hindu) and themed crosswords for Cat.a.lyst (part of The Hindu Businessline). Sowmya runs the Facebook group 1Across where seasoned cruciverbalists interact while setting and solving clues. She has published three compilations of crosswords viz Cryptic Crossroads Volumes 1, 2 and 3. She Tweets cryptic clues daily @somsram

2 thoughts on “Entice faithlessness”
  1. A REAL CALISTHENICS FOR THE BRAIN. TOO FAR COMPLEX FOR SOLVING. IT WAS TAXING.

    1. Agreed it might be harder than usual but you have a whole week and I am sure it is well within your reach going by your track record 🙂

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