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Textrous hosted last week and here’s his summary of the results.

Honorable mentions to Sparsh Sinha, Adman_i, Ramki Krishnan, Satyen Nabar, Nathan Townsend and Venkatesan P for featuring among the top 10.

In 5th place is N Anantakrishnan with 19 points for “For example, on reflection, NaMo basically is another classic narcissist”

In 4th place, we have Gayathri Viswanath with 19 points for “A mega icon became a narcissist”

On to the top 3…

In 3rd place, we have Avtaar with 19 points for “Arab in jail rebuffed braggart”

In 2nd place is Veera Raghavan with 27 points for “He boasts of playing casino game without a bit of skill”

And finally, the winner with a whopping 44 points is Kalyan Bandyopadhyay for the topical “Trump possibly shot? Come again?”

Congrats Kalyan Bandyopadhyay! Take it away for the next contest.

SR: Textrous – Thanks for the diligent hosting and challenging word. Congrats Kalyan. Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

Please note that 1ACCWC will be on a break for summer since I will be traveling. We will resume with a new word in September.

Here’s the link to the full results

Also Check out the Leader board for 2024.

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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