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Cracking Cryptics

Cracking Cryptics – 22nd June 2023

BySowmya

Jun 22, 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.

Solution to Cracking Cryptics – 21st June 2023
Clue: Characters of play organized around August (5)
Answer: ROYAL
Annotation: : Hidden in Reverse in {p}lay or<<{ganized}
Def: August
Indicators: Characters of
Solvers
19solvers submitted, and all got it correct.

TOP 3 Ratna Rao, Harish T K and Nilesh Parmar

OTHERS
Venkatraghavan S
Anu
RATNAKUMAR
Sandhya Paruchuri
Veena Venkataraman
Ramki Krishnan
Eswaran
Lakshmi Prakash
Gayathri
Magi
Anantha Kumar
Sibani
Mahesh
Jyothish Balakrishnan
Madhup Tewari and
Srinath

Congrats to all those who cracked it.

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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