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Cracking Cryptics

Cracking Cryptics – 25th June 2023

BySowmya

Jun 25, 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 – 23rd June 2023
Clue: One joins clothes for men (8)
Answer: SOLDIERS
Annotation: : SOLD(I)ERS
Def: Men
Containment Indicator: Clothes

Solvers

The game was loaded by 78 unique players. 21 solvers submitted, of which 2 got it wrong. 2 solvers didn’t leave their names.

TOP 3: Sandhya Paruchuri, Ramki Krishnan and Kabir Firaque

OTHERS
Eswaran
Mahesh
Tejas Siddharth
Nilesh Parmar
Lakshmi Prakash
Srinath
R Nagendra Prasad
Madhup Tewari
Ratna Rao
Radhika Anand
Anantha Kumar
Venkatraghavan S
N Anantakrishnan
Sibani

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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