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Cracking Cryptics – 14th June 2023

BySowmya

Jun 14, 2023 #Cracking Cryptics, #Crypticclueaday, #Cryptics, #Hypatia, #The Hindu

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I post a clue daily in Twitter (https://twitter.com/somsram) and WA. Here’s the clue for today.

Feel free to comment with your feedback or any doubts on cryptic clues.

Solution to Cracking Cryptics – 13th June 2023
Clue: Natural disaster upsets UN – a million buried (7)
Answer: TSUNAMI
Annotation: Def: Natural disaster
Wordplay: Hidden in Plain Sight
Indicator – Buried
Solvers
Top 3 – Anantha Kumar, Radhika Anand and @drcheruvarun
Others – Ratna Rao, VENKATESAN P, Gayathri, Madhusudan H, Anu
Srinath, Ramki Krishnan, Maya Sharma, Nilesh Parmar, Priya Shyam, RATNAKUMAR V, Ranjani Srikanth, Jyothish Balakrishnan, Anjali Vaidya, Mahesh, Kamalesh, Prasad RV, Lakshmi Prakash, Anupama and Sibani.

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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