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Cracking Cryptics

Cracking Cryptics – 21st July 2023

BySowmya

Jul 21, 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 – 20th July 2023
Clue: Throw out and catch these to avoid wasting time (3,2,3,5)
Answer: CUT TO THE CHASE
Annotation: OUT CATCH THESE*
Def: Avoid wasting time
Anagram indicator: Throw

Solvers

The game was loaded by 59 unique players. 17 solvers submitted, 15 got it correct and 2 got it incorrect.

TOP 3: Veera Raghavan, Srini and Ramki Krishnan

OTHERS

Gayathri
Nilesh Parmar
Ranjani Srikanth
Kabir Firaque
Anantha Kumar
D Narayana Swamy
ashit Hegde
R NAGENDRA PRASAD
Sandhya
Ratnakumar
Samit kallianour
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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