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Cracking Cryptics – 27th June 2023

BySowmya

Jun 27, 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 – 26th June 2023
Clue: Strength thoroughly drained chasing boyfriend (6)
Answer: BEAUTY
Annotation: : BEAU (Boyfriend) + T(-horoughl)Y
Def: Strength
Deletion Indicator: Exhausted

Solvers

The game was loaded by 46 unique players. 13 solvers submitted and 11 got it correct.

TOP 3: Sandhya Paruchuri, N Anantakrishnan and Ramki Krishnan

OTHERS
Venkatraghavan S
Gayathri
Rajasbi
Ashit Hegde
Sibani
Madhup Tewari
Radhika Anand and
Jyothish Balakrishnan

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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