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BONUS QUESTIONS:
Q1: Find a phrase hidden in the grid that commemorates a special milestone at 1 Across (3,5)
ANS: TEN YEARS
Q2: Using circled letters, jumble for a special message from the 1 Across Admins (6,2,3)
ANS: THANKS TO ALL
Annotations
| REF. | CLUE | SOLUTION | ANNOTATION |
| 9A | A part of Ireland removing large European grave (7) . | AUSTERE | Def- grave,a-a, part of ireland- ulster, removing- deletion indicator, large-l, european-e |
| 10A | Our teen working on the way (2,5) | EN ROUTE | Def- on the way, working- anagram indicator for our teen |
| 11A | Some loathsome four-letter words (5) | OATHS | Def- four -letter words, some-hidden word indicator,lOATHSome |
| 12A | Don abandoned poor serfs (9) | PROFESSOR | Def-don, abandoned- anagram indicator for poor serfs |
| 13A | Warning crazy sniper dropping pistol initially (5) | SIREN | Def- warning, crazy- anagram indicator for sniper-p, dropping- deletion indicator, initially- 1st letter picking indicator for p from pistol |
| 14A | Detailed discourse after the Spanish graduate returns (9) | ELABORATE | Def- detailed, discourse- orate, after- positional indicator, the spanish-el, graduate- ba, returns- reversal indicator |
| 15A | Cleared off claim (7) | DECLARE | Def- claim, off- anagram indicator for cleared |
| 17A | At last, felled pines in dumps (7) | DITCHES | Def- dumps, at last- last letter picking indicator for d from felled, pines- itches |
| 19A | Tremors? Thailand hospital shook for a brief time (5-4) | SHORT-TERM. | Def- a brief time, thailand-t, hospital-h, shook- anagram indicator for tremors t h |
| 21A | Alert a knight in fear (5) | AWAKE | Def- alert, a-a knight-k, in- insertion indicator, fear – awe |
| 23A | Soldier briefly wearing suitable American gadget (9) | APPARATUS | Def- gadget, soldier briefly-para of paratrooper,wearing- containment indicator, suitable- apt, american-us |
| 25A | Animal returned after chaps left company (5) | TIGER | Def- animal, , chaps-men, company- regiment, left- deletion indicator for men from regiment, returned- reversal indicator for regit |
| 26A | Dismiss clerk (7) | CASHIER | DD |
| 27A | Hammer section in fort (7) | RAMPART | Def- fort, hammer- ram, section- part |
| 1D | Claws found in brutal onslaught (6) | TALONS | Def- claws, found in- hidden word indicator |
| 2D | CEO tries solving secret (8) | ESOTERIC | Def- secret, solving- anagram indicator for ceo tries |
| 3D | Hold pole badly, lose direction (6) | NELSON | Def- hold, pole-n, badly- anagram indicator for lose, direction-n |
| 4D | Look Twitter (4) | PEEP | DD |
| 5D | English maiden returning with mother carrying old currency note (10) | MEMORANDUM | Def- note,english-e, maiden-m,returning- reversal indicator for em, mother-mum,carrying- insertion indicator, old-o, currency- rand |
| 6D | Yelled at players finally leaving courtside perhaps (5,3) | CRIED OUT | Def- yelled at, finally- last letter picking indicator for s from players, leaving- deletion indicator,perhaps- anagram indicator |
| 7D | Country song written up about America’s dances ultimately (6) | RUSSIA | Def-country, song-air,written up- reversal ndicator for air,ultimately- last letter picking indicator about- containment indicator |
| 8D | Hounds banks hiding mistake (8) | TERRIERS | Def- hounds, banks-tiers, hiding- insertion indicator, mistake- err |
| 14D | Primary workers entering new eatery around lake (10) | ELEMENTARY | Def- primary, workers- men, entering- insertion indicator, new- anagram indicator, around- containment indicator, lake-l |
| 15D | Channel showing health resort in bulletin (8) | DISPATCH | Def- bulletin,health resort- spa, channel- ditch, showing- containment indicator |
| 16D | Upset South African editor dancing like a star (8) | ASTEROID | Def- like a star, south african-sa, upset- reversal indicator- as, dancing- anagram indicator for editor |
| 18D | That man with a loved one holding original Gandhi cap (8) | HEADGEAR | Def- cap, that man-he,a-a, loved one- dear, holding- insertion indicator, original- 1st letter picking indicator |
| 20D | Obstruct work by model (6) | OPPOSE | Def-obstruct, work-op, model-pose |
| 21D | A student basically with complex math problem (6) | ASTHMA | Def- problem, a-a, basically- 1st letter picking indicator for s from student, complex- anagram indicator for math |
| 22D | Birds in groups at first in fresh trees (6) | EGRETS | Def- birds, at first- 1st letter picking indicator for g from group, fresh- anagram indicator for treses |
| 24D | Very red, almost tender (4) | SORE | Def- tender, very-so, almost- last letter deletion indicator for red-d |
Here’s the list of Top Scorers (For the full list, please check the Leaderboard in the Hall of Fame)
Out of 47 solvers, 34 got the full score. Each of the following scored 157 points (Grid Score – 154, Bonus – 3).
Al Sanders
Anantakrishnan N.
Arun Hiregange
Arvind Ramaswamy
Ashit Hegde
Bhalchandra Pasupathy
Binay Patra
Deepak Gopinath (Col.)
Himanshu Rajurkar
Ian VanderSchee
Jyothish Balakrishnan
Lakshmi Prakash
Madhup Tewari
Madhusudan H
Max Jackson
Melissa McSeismal
Mona Sogal
Nagendra Prasad R.
Narayanan R
Nilesh Parmar
Prakash Arumugam
Priya Shyam
Raja Venkatasubramanian
Ramki Krishnan
Rathnakumar V
Ratna Rao
Rengaswamy N.
Samit Kallianpur
Sandhya Paruchuri
Steve Gunter
Supriya Mithal
Tejas Siddharth
Veera Raghavan
Venkatraghavan S
Congrats to the toppers and to all the solvers who participated.
Grid Rating: The puzzle got an excellent rating of 8.26. It got 7 perfect 10s (15% of those who rated). The lowest rating was 5.
Favorite Clues: The Top clues were
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- Tremors? Thailand hospital shook for a brief time (5-4) – 12 votes
- Some loathsome four-letter words (5) – 10 votes
- Hounds banks hiding mistake (8) – 10 votes
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Thanks Saral for the lovely puzzle celebrating ten years of 1ACross. It has been an amazing 10 years and I am particularly proud of all that we have accomplished – not only our books but also encouraging a number of setters to start off by setting grids for this blog. Could’nt have done it without you and the support of all our members.
Our next grid is a jumbo community grid that we all have put together. It will be published on our Anniversary on Sunday 28th July and will have some special prizes as well. Watch out for that..
Meanwhile, Here’s what our solvers said..
| Name | Comments / Feedback on the puzzle |
|---|---|
| Jyothish Balakrishnan | Beautifully and artistically conveyed message. |
| Mukundala Balasubramanyam | Elegant as ever |
| Rathnakumar V | Excellent grid, with good standard surfaces.. |
| Rengaswamy N. | Nice grid. Enjoyed solving |
| Arun Hiregange | I’m back to cryptics after a long while and this one gave me a sense of comfort of recognising clue types I used to know long ago 🙂 Also the Nelson clue was wonderful and the Tiger clue with regiment in reverse was so imaginative! |
| Ashwin Bhandarkar | My first time! Enjoyed the experience! |
| Bhalchandra Pasupathy | Nice puzzle commemorating a notable milestone |
| Ian VanderSchee | Happy 10th anniversary to 1 Across!! Thanks for another enjoyable challenging grid! |
| Madhup Tewari | All the very best to our most beloved website 1Across on its 10th birthday. We cannot thank the admin and contributors enough for giving us such lovely puzzles. Sowmya’s energy and initiative are most commendable. Thanks again. This puzzle is very enjoyable. |
| Maya Sharma | Nice clues, theme apt for the celebrations 🎊 |
| Nagendra Prasad R. | EASIER ONE. WAS EXPECTING A TOUGH GRID. ENJOYED SOLVING. |
| Prakash Arumugam | Enjoyable clues with a very good surface. I learnt a new meaning for Cashier |
| Priya Shyam | Neat puzzle with lovely clues! Enjoyed solving. |
| Raja Venkatasubramanian | Well made puzzle |
| Tejas Siddharth | Enjoyed this one. Did not get the theme until I saw the bonus questions. Nice one. |
| Veera Raghavan | Nice grid. Good clues |
| Venkatraghavan S | Lovely grid, great clues and the thematic questions as well |
| Al Sanders | Clean grid, fun puzzle |
| Anantakrishnan N. | Nice grid |
| Harish Kamath | Nice grid |
| Madhusudan H | Nice puzzle. |
| Mona Sogal | happy anniversary to all : many many thanks to the admins….. |
| Narayanan R | simple and nice |
| Ramki Krishnan | Smooth sailing, right for a Sunday afternoon. Nice NINA and message for the 1across group. Looking forward to the next 10 years! |
| Samit Kallianpur | Nice grid |
| Sandhya Paruchuri | Keep them coming, Saral! |
| Sparsh Sinha | Good Crisp Puzzle |
| Steve Gunter | Thank you for an easy puzzle on your 10-year anniversary! |
| Supriya Mithal | Nice and easy, with some good clues . Thanks a lot |
| Arvind Ramaswamy | As always, Easy and Saral clues 🙂 |
| Ashit Hegde | Wish it had been a bit harder to solve |
| Debasmita Basu | Super easy fun grid. Dismiss clerk is a great find! |
| Max Jackson | A fairly gentle celebration of your decennary. 24dn I wouldn’t say SOREL was very red. |
| Ramesh Swaminathan | Smooth solve |
| Koteswar Rao | DECENT |
| Narayana Swamy D | Rather simple clues |
| Binay Patra | Manageable clues |