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Chakravyuha – The Labyrinth

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1ACross is happy to present “Chakravyuha – The Labyrinth” by Hypatia

Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 11th September 2026. Annotations for the puzzle will be posted in the blog on Saturday, September 12, 2026.

Use the same Login details to complete the puzzle (STEP 1) and Bonus form (STEP 2). BOTH steps need to be completed for the submission to be complete.

STEP 1 – SOLVE AND COMPLETE THE GRID BELOW. Click PDF_HERE for a Printer Friendly / PDF version.

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Comments

38 responses

  1. Harish Kamath Avatar
    Harish Kamath

    Nice…took a bit of getting used to, though

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  2. Madhusudan H Rao Avatar
    Madhusudan H Rao

    Full marks for thinking out of the box (pun intended). Neatly constructed, first of many to come hopefully.

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  3. Madhup Tewari Avatar
    Madhup Tewari

    This is such a great puzzle. It is really a wonder that it works. Two perfect concatenations going forth and back. Bravo! Clues are superb as usual. 100-94, def. I am not too convinced. Chambers doesn’t list it as far as I could see.

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  4. Ramachandra Nagendra Prasad Avatar
    Ramachandra Nagendra Prasad

    Mind boggling concept. Great clues both inward and outward. Thoroughly enjoyed solving.

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  5. Pundit JEE Avatar
    Pundit JEE

    First time that I saw such a puzzle, took me an hour, loved it

    Reply
  6. Sampath Shrinivasan Avatar
    Sampath Shrinivasan

    Very innovative “grid” !

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  7. Sohil Bhagat Avatar
    Sohil Bhagat

    Super fun puzzle. The back and forth between inward and outward clues added an intriguing new dimension to solving clues

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  8. P. Venkatesan Avatar
    P. Venkatesan

    First of a kind, as far as I know. A wonderful grid with solutions spiraling inward and outward so smoothly. Excellent clues.

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  9. Max Jackson Avatar
    Max Jackson

    Full checking and relatively easy clues made this a quick puzzle.
    No print option.

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  10. Shobha Nayak Avatar
    Shobha Nayak

    Genius to be setting in this format- super fun

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  11. Prakash Arumugam Avatar
    Prakash Arumugam

    Never seen one like this. Brilliantly crafted and ingenious.

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  12. Suresh Dorbala Avatar
    Suresh Dorbala

    Great idea. Hats off to the computer whiz for making the grid

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  13. Devi Prasad Avatar
    Devi Prasad

    Amazing grid. Enjoyed thoroughly. Reverse clues(anti clockwise)helped while solving clockwise. Complex yet so simple.

    Reply
  14. D Narayana Swamy Avatar
    D Narayana Swamy

    Out of the box thinking and a nice concept

    Reply
  15. Monday, August 24, 2026 – Daily Crossword Links

    […] 1Across: Chakravyuha – The Labyrinth by tktktk. .pdf, online. BEQ Marching Bands: ($) Year 12, Puzzle 10 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscribe at link.Knotty Grids: Knotty Grids Cryptic #4 by Adam Simon Levine. Redhead64: PUZZLE #610: Empty Word Ladder 6 .pdf only Sporcle: Daily Acrostic. Online only Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 491 by Steve Townsend. Online only […]

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  16. Himanshu Rajurkar Avatar
    Himanshu Rajurkar

    So innovative!

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  17. Sandhya Paruchuri Avatar
    Sandhya Paruchuri

    Absolutely brilliant, Hypatia!

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  18. Venkatraghavan S Avatar
    Venkatraghavan S

    Lovely concept and gridfill

    Reply
  19. Krittibas Dasgupta Avatar
    Krittibas Dasgupta

    Loved the very innovative & entertaining design of the puzzle! Not sure I have got the bonus

    Reply
  20. Arvind Ramaswamy Avatar
    Arvind Ramaswamy

    Wow! What a Chakravyuha of Words! Thanks a lot for the Super Fun Hypatia! Simply loved it. One of the Best atypical Crossword I have solved.

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  21. Jacob Brahmakulam Avatar
    Jacob Brahmakulam

    Novel way of crossing words and enjoyed as much.

    Reply
  22. Ramesh Ss Avatar
    Ramesh Ss

    Superb! Very enjoyable solve, a very innovative concept with delightful clues

    Reply
  23. Bhalchandra Pasupathy Avatar
    Bhalchandra Pasupathy

    Interesting variation, easy enough. Main downside I felt was one half of clues become redundant, solving the inward clues for eg largely solves the puzzle without need for outward clues. Of course they can be used for checking

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  24. Aashwina Mouli Avatar
    Aashwina Mouli

    Nice concept

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  25. Ratnakumar V Avatar
    Ratnakumar V

    Different kind of a puzzle, nice innovative “” GRID “” should we say. Some answers auto filled…………..

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  26. CrossBird Avatar
    CrossBird

    Could finally let my mind spiral for a good reason. Mind blowing layout!

    Reply
  27. Mona Sogal Avatar
    Mona Sogal

    Wonderful grid Sowmya..just loved the simplicity in the complexity

    Kudos to you 💞💞

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  28. Ramki Krishnan Avatar
    Ramki Krishnan

    More than the clues (which were of course, nice) the idea and the construction of the grid were amazing! Kudos to the setter.
    Having filled the grid, I don’t want to check the answers at the risk of spraining my neck again!

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  29. Lakshmi A J Vaidyanathan Avatar
    Lakshmi A J Vaidyanathan

    Lovely grid !

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  30. Amrita Majumdar Avatar
    Amrita Majumdar

    Superb! I was hooked from the start and just spent a good part of an hour totally mesmerized. Thank you Sawmya, for such a clever and innovative grid.

    Reply
  31. NARAYANAN R Avatar
    NARAYANAN R

    innovative circular layout creating a wonderful back-and-forth flow where the solutions seamlessly spiral inwards and outwards.

    Reply
  32. Al Sanders Avatar
    Al Sanders

    Liked the different grid, nice fill and cluing

    Reply
  33. Samit Kallianpur Avatar
    Samit Kallianpur

    Very nice idea…Chakravyuha was a -maze-ing lol.

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  34. Ashit Hegde Avatar
    Ashit Hegde

    A difficult grid to create . Brilliantly conceived and executed. Fortunately /Unfortunately for the solver it was much less difficult because the reverse clues provided a much broader hint than crossing letters.

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  35. Mukundala Balasubramanyam Avatar
    Mukundala Balasubramanyam

    Lovely innovative grid

    Reply
  36. Pundit JEE Avatar
    Pundit JEE

    Monday, August 24, 2026 – Daily Crossword Links
    24/08/2026
    […] 1Across: Chakravyuha – The Labyrinth by tktktk. .pdf, online. BEQ Marching Bands: ($) Year 12, Puzzle 10 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscribe at link.Knotty Grids: Knotty Grids Cryptic #4 by Adam Simon Levine. Redhead64: PUZZLE #610: Empty Word Ladder 6 .pdf only Sporcle: Daily Acrostic. Online only Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 491 by Steve Townsend. Online only […]

    Reply
  37. Panyam Tejas Avatar
    Panyam Tejas

    Very nice idea!

    Reply
  38. Sparsh Sinha Avatar
    Sparsh Sinha

    Novel concept. Enjoyed solving. Not too sure about the bonus though

    Reply

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