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I post a clue daily in Twitter (https://twitter.com/somsram), WA and 1ACross.org. Here’s the clue for today.

Solution to Cracking Cryptics – 28th June 2023
Clue: Buzz about hero’s first name — Mark? (6)
Answer: HYPHEN
Annotation: : HYP(H(-ero)E N
Def: — Mark
Containment Indicator: About
Abbreviation(s): N for Name

Solvers

The game was loaded by 43 unique players. 15 solvers submitted and 13 got it correct, of which 1 was anonymous.

TOP 3: Sandhya, Ratna Rao and Gayathri

OTHERS
RATNAKUMAR
Ramki Krishnan
VENKATESAN P
Nilesh Parmar
Veena Venkataraman
Sibani
N. Rengaswamy
Radhika Anand and
PRASAD RV

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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