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  • Post Updated Announcement : 16C – SpurTed

    The solutions, annotations and results are now up on the blog. Check it out at 16C – SpurTed Also don’t miss the new searchable leaderboard for 2025 in the 1ACGrids – Hall of Fame

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  • 1ACCWC 538 – INSECT – Results

    1ACCWC 538 – INSECT – Results

    Nathan Townshend hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. This week’s competition was dominated by cricket! Tying in first place with 25 points each are LowdownCryptic with Nicest bats for cricket, perhaps (6) and Ruskin’s Small creature quietly removed from view Another tie on 20 points for joint third sees the…

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  • 16C – SpurTed

    16C – SpurTed

    “16C – SpurTed” from “Sceptic Cryptic” is our seventeenth grid for this season. Stats: 60 solvers attempted this puzzle.  42 solvers completed the puzzle, two of whom did not complete the bonus form. Only 14 solvers got the full score.

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  • 1ACCWC 537 – SHOOTER – Results

    1ACCWC 537 – SHOOTER – Results

    Satyen Nabar hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. Nathan Townshend’s shot hits the bulleye, winning with 28 points for Snapper swimming to shore 2nd place with 23 points each shared by Owls circling a photographer? (7) Adman_i He roots animatedly for goal scorer Manish Jhaveri In 4th place is Surprisingly,…

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  • 1ACCWC 536 – EXCLUSIVE – Results

    1ACCWC 536 – EXCLUSIVE – Results

    Veera Raghavan hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. In fifth place is Manish Jhaveri with 19 points for his clue ‘Ritzy, old club initially charged us to enter’ Kabir Firaque and Heidi Shroeder share the third place with 22 points each. Kabir with ‘About 10 cryptic clues I have published…

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