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Cracking Cryptics

Cracking Cryptics – 4th July 2023

BySowmya

Jul 4, 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 – 3rd July 2023
Clue: Spooner’s leading lady missing in imdb.com, say (6,4)
Answer: DOMAIN NAME
Annotation: : Spoonerism of NO MAIN DAME
Def: IMDB.com, Say
Indicator: Spooner’s

Solvers

The game was loaded by 55 unique players. 9 solvers submitted and they all got it correct.

TOP 3: N Anantakrishnan, Madhusudan H and Ratnakumar

OTHERS
Ratna Rao
Anantha Kumar
Eswaran
Sibani
Nilesh Parmar
Narayanaswamy D

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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