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We closed the contest with 18 clues, two more than last time.

Voting is now OPEN

CLICK HERE to cast your votes

All participants who set clues are expected to vote. You are not allowed to vote for your own clue

  • Click on clues to shortlist them, click on the ‘Shortlisted’ Button to see shortlisted clues only
  • Allocate a total of 10 points across a minimum of 4 clues e.g. 4,3,2,1 or 3,3,3,1 or 2,2,2,2,2
  • Click on submit votes. You will not be allowed to allocate more or less than 10 points
  • Votes from voters whose names are not recognised from FB/Twitter will be disallowed. Please use your known names.
  • Participants who do not vote will lose 10 points for the round

Do check out our Leaderboard for 2024 which is available in the 1ACCWC page. This includes points for all players whose clues figure in the Top 10 each week and gets accumulated over the year..

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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