On International Women’s Day 2022, 1ACross is happy to present “Sherni (The Lioness)”, a special puzzle put together by Qrypt On Y X and me along with 16 extremely talented women from across the globe.
Although people describe the “Lion” as the King of the Jungle, it is actually the unheralded “Lioness” who fends for her family and protects it. This is also true of so many women who often take the back seat and yet do so much for their families.
This grid is dedicated to every such “Sherni” on International Women’s day – As you solve the grid, please take the opportunity to appreciate the contributions of the women in the back seat and let the “Sherni” roar..
Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 19th Mar. 2022. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2022.
Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Sunday, Mar. 20th, 2022. If you enjoy our puzzles, you would also like our puzzle collections that have been published worldwide.
Read the following instructions carefully There are a couple of three letter words that are part of several solution words. In clues that are marked with an asterisk these have been omitted from the wordplay. See if you can uncover them all.
STEP 1 – SOLVE AND COMPLETE THE GRID BELOW. NOTES: 1.The grid is auto saved. Please ensure that your browser enables third party cookies or whitelist the “amuselabs” domain to enable autosave. 2. Please Fill your name and email ID once you hit submit – otherwise your submission will not be valid (You can Click on INFO in case you have dismissed the modal). 3. Click on PRINT for a Printer Friendly / PDF version
STEP 2: COMPLETE THE BONUS FORM Click on the LINK Below. Use the same Email ID in BOTH STEP 1 and STEP 2. BOTH steps need to be completed for the submission to be complete.
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The Sherni Team
Heidi (Admin of 1Across): Happily retired speech pathologist living with husband and two cats in her home state of Hawai’i. Enjoys hula, ukulele, playing Mah Jong, and messing about with words. |
Qrypt On Y X (Co-ordinated with the setters and helped to edit the clues): Call me Bohemian if you may, I like all things offbeat. Quizzes and puzzles keep me engaged and entertained. I travel far and wide through books that enrich and replenish. Nature rejuvenates me. Woman on Wanderlust Woman on Wonderlust |
Sowmya (Founder of 1Across.org conceptualized / created this grid). Sowmya, who sets for “The Hindu” as Hypatia has compiled and published Cryptic Crossroads 1, 2 and 3. She is also the recipient of two Guinness Awards for Crochet. |
Lakshmi (Admin of 1Across): I set crosswords using the pseudonym “SARAL” for Col’s blog & for 1Across. As the name suggests, I’m a simple, peace loving person interested in crosswords |
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Amrita – Always ready for a laugh, crazy about crosswords, yoga, interior designing, cooking, music and reading. |
Viveca: I feel lucky to be part of Sowmya’s close-knit 1AC group. It adds an exciting dimension to an abiding passion. Have met so many friendly and talented people who share my interest and introduce me to new ones. I am thankful to be able to participate in this community grid to mark the International Women’s Day. Happy Women’s Day to all. 🙏🏻 |
Debasmita: Currently residing in a quaint village in Odisha. Teacher/Researcher.. |
Cherie: I am a part-time bookkeeper, part-time granny, and more than part-time appreciater of the Facebook cryptic crossword community! |
Debbie: Debbie Manber Kupfer grew up in London, but somehow ended up in St. Louis, Missouri, where she lives with her family including two very opinionated felines. She works as a writer, editor, and puzzle constructor and is the author of the young adult fantasy series, P.A.W.S. Her puzzles have appeared in Penny Press and Dell magazines. She believes that with enough tea and dark chocolate you can achieve anything! Visit Debbie Manber Kupfer on her website Paws 4 Puzzles or on Facebook. |
Mona: I am self-employed and live in Bangalore, most of the time. I love crosswords and passionately enjoy both solving and setting. Happy women’s day to all..just don’t limit yourselves 🙂 |
Neha: I started solving cryptic crosswords about 7 years ago and enjoy both solving and setting clues. I hope to publish a grid someday and am excited to be a setter for this special! |
Lily: Lily Geller is an avid puzzler from Brooklyn, New York, who constantly wishes she had more free time to set cryptic clues. Maybe next year …. |
Rhiannon: Rhiannon lives in Canberra, Australia, with family and 2 elderly dogs. She enjoys word games, cryptic crossword clues, music (singing, playing brass and some other wind instruments), and works as a programmer. |
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Aashwina: Crosswords are a hobby that I have embraced after my retirement from active work life as a software engineer and an entrepreneur. I do The Hindu crosswords regularly and they keep me mentally agile. I recently had surgery and crosswords kept me going through my recovery phase so I think they were a big part of my fast recovery! SOTM/COTM in CCS and the 1Across Gridfests have helped me brush my skills in setting as I appreciate the lovely clues and solves. All the best to 1Across in this year as we do this grid for Women’s day! |
Bharati: I am a writer and activist from Mumbai. A mediocre but avid cruciverbalist. Sets under the name of sneakyb |
Melissa: Hi! I’m Melissa. I’m Australian and live in the countryside. Apart from being involved in cryptic crossword what-not, I love reading and watching films – anything set prior to 1910. If it were practicable, I would love to dress everyday as though I had just stepped out of Pride and Prejudice. Alas. |
Supriya: I’m from Delhi, currently working for a Gurgaon based NGO involved in the education of children from under- privileged backgrounds. I love reading, solving and setting cryptic crosswords and Sudoku. In the past few years, I have contributed a few grids to blogs and Facebook groups and hope to set more in the future. |
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