To celebtrate Women’s history month, 1ACross is happy to present “Woman O Woman (WOW)”, a special puzzle put together by me along with 17 extremely talented women, exclusively for our solvers.
Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 17th Mar. 2021. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2021. If there is sufficient interest, annotations for the puzzle will be discussed through a Zoom session on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2021. If you would like to be invited to the call and participate, please leave a comment in this blog post or drop me an email at 1acrossgp<at>gmail<dot>com
Read the following instructions carefully The clues for the coloured grid entries are not in their right locations. Linked clues have been identically coloured. No enumerations have been provided for these clues. Upon solving these clues, enter the answers in the correct slots to be able to complete the grid successfully.
NOTE: Pl. press the “Save” icon before you hit “Submit” or while solving to save a copy in your cache (cookies from the site must be enabled for this to work) – Retrieve Saved Version
Bonus Question: The Grid pays tribute to 6 women. 5 have been highlighted already. Identify the sixth
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
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