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Opening Salvo

BySowmya

Apr 25, 2021 #1ACGrids, #1ACross, #Arvind Kannabiran, #Cryptics, #Sideswipe, #Theme

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1ACross is happy to present “Opening Salvo”, from “Sideswipe”, exclusively for our solvers.

Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 6th May. 2021. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2021.

Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Sunday, May. 9, 2021.

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 Questions: 1. What is the theme? Clue: Union Survivors to accept new software (7)
2. Identify 5 themed entries

Click here for the PDF Version

Arvind has dedicated this grid to the Late Gridman🙏

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

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