On International Women’s Day 2023, 1ACross is happy to present “The Family Woman”, a special puzzle put together by Qrypt On Y X and me along with several talented cruciverbalists from across the globe.
Women are the crux of every family and this grid is dedicated to every such woman who juggles multiple roles while striding forward taking her family together – As you solve the grid, please take the opportunity to appreciate the women in your family and the countless things they do for you..(Go on…get her some flowers)
Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 17th Mar. 2023. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2023. Annotations for the puzzle will be posted in the blog on Saturday, Mar. 18th, 2023. If you enjoy our puzzles, you would also like our puzzle collections that have been published worldwide.
STEP 2: After you finish the grid, 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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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
The Team
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Viveca: |
Santha: I’m a crossword fan. Trying to solve the same from various newspapers. I love solving rather than setting. I’m very happy to be a small contributor to The Women’s Day special crossword. |
Cherie: Cherie lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is happily retired and currently trying to revive her bridge skills. | |||
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Rhiannon: Rhiannon lives in Canberra, Australia, with family and an elderly dog. She enjoys word games, cryptic crossword clues, music (singing, playing brass and some other wind instruments), and works as a programmer. |
Rachel: I have been solving cryptic crosswords for over 20 years and finally started compiling my own during lockdown in 2020. I now set crosswords for The Independent under the name Angel, and I’m also a medical librarian, poet and editor. Twitter: @archelina. |
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 | Stella: One of the fastest solvers of American-style crosswords, Stella Zawistowski is a self-proclaimed “cryptic evangelist” doing her best to popularize cryptic crosswords in the United States. On Twitter, she can be found posting a #crypticclueaday and running a popular weekly #crypticcluecontest using the handle @stellaphone. |
Melissa: After all, tomorrow is another day! |
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Debasmita: Currently residing in a quaint village in Odisha. Teacher/Researcher.. |
Lakshmi (Admin of 1Across): I love solving & also set crosswords. Have set crosswords for Col’s blog THCC & 1Across using the pseudonym SARAL. Have won IITM Crossword competition twice. 1st time with Shashwat as teammate, won 3rd place & 2nd time, I & Ramki as a team won the competition. |
Sowmya (Founder of 1Across.org conceptualized / created this grid). Sowmya is the puzzle editor at Amuselabs, compiler Hypatia for “The Hindu” and has independently published Cryptic Crossroads 1, 2 and 3. She is also the recipient of two Guinness Awards for Crochet. |
Qrypt On Y X (Co-ordinated with the setters and helped to edit the clues): Woman on Wonderlust |
Heidi (Admin of 1Across): Retired speech therapist. Current activities include catering to two cats, hula dancing and word wrangling. |
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Sabitha: Sabitha Satchi is a writer, art curator, and cultural critic. She lives a nomadic life. Cryptic crosswords and poetry anchor her in her travels. |
Amrita – Hi, I am from India, currently residing in Bangkok. Cryptic crosswords are very special to me and I love solving and setting grids. Delighted that I have been able to contribute to this very special women’s day grid. |
Aashwina: Techie on an almost sabbatical from work but not puzzles and crosswords. Need my fix of the Guardian and THE HINDU puzzles daily! |
Supriya: I’m Supriya Mithal. Have recently moved to Noida (Delhi NCR). I work for a Gurgaon based NGO that is involved in the education of children from under- privileged backgrounds. I love reading, solving and setting cryptic crosswords. |
Bharati: Writer, activist and soon to be a start-up founder (fingers crossed)! Loves writing lyrics, solving crosswords and binge watching OTT. |
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Mona: I am a crossword enthusiast and love puzzles and mind games! I have made some wonderful friends in this community through 1AC and look forward to more and more solving and setting 🙂Happy Women’s Day and more power to us! |
Neelima: Just a worldling with a keen interest in words. |
Neha: I love cryptic crosswords and puzzles of all kinds. Although I came to cryptic crosswords pretty late, I enjoy both setting and solving clues. I hope to publish a grid in the future, when time permits. |
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