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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 – 18th July 2023
Clue: Support group hires new criminal lawyer for contract killer? (8)
Answer: ANACONDA
Annotation: A(N)A CON DA
Def: Contract killer?
Containment indicator: Hires
Abbreviation(s): AA – Support group

Solvers

The game was loaded by 57 unique players. 25 solvers submitted, 19 got it correct and 6 got it incorrect. 1 was anonymous.

TOP 3: Ratnakumar, Anantha Kumar and Veena Venkataraman

OTHERS

Sujatha
Madhusudan H
Nilesh Parmar
Tejas Siddharth
Magi
Madhup Tewari
Maya
Ramki Krishnan
Mona Sogal
D Narayana Swamy
Ranjani Srikanth
BINAY KUMAR PATRA
Mahesh
N Anantakrishnan and
Venkatesan P.

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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