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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 – 7th July 2023
Clue: Work long with one who turns in late? (5,3)
Answer: NIGHT OWL
Annotation: LONG WITH*
Def: One who turns in late
Anagram Indicator: Work

Solvers

The game was loaded by 43 unique players. 21 solvers submitted and all got it correct. 2 were anonymous.

TOP 3: RATNAKUMAR V, Ramki Krishnan and Anantha Kumar

OTHERS

Harish T K
Venkatraghavan S
Maya
Esw
Radhika Anand
Gayathri
Srinath
Sibani
Mona Sogal
Nilesh Parmar
Jyothish Balakrishnan
Madhup Tewari
Ranjani Srikanth
R Nagendra Prasad
D Narayana Swamy and
Donbratman

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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