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Cracking Cryptics – 30th June 2023

BySowmya

Jun 30, 2023 #Cracking Cryptics, #Crypticclueaday, #Cryptics, #Hypatia, #The Hindu

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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 – 29th June 2023
Clue: Bet dog left lead in grass? (5)
Answer: WAGER
Annotation: : WA(-g)GER
Def: Bet
Deletion Indicator: Left
Letter selection Indicator: Lead in for first letter

Solvers

The game was loaded by 52 unique players. 16 solvers submitted and 15 got it correct, of which 2 were anonymous.

TOP 3: Radhika Anand, Ratna Rao and Ratnakumar

OTHERS
Anjali Vaidya
Ranjani Srikanth
Sandhya
VENKATESAN P.
Tejas Siddharth
Madhup Tewari
Rajasbi
R Nagendra Prasad
Maya and
BINAY KUMAR PATRA

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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