Puzzles
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Once in a Lifetime
Happy New year to all of you. We are kicking off this puzzle season with two puzzle posts – A Double Bill ( Double Dhamaka) for all our readers. First up is “Once in a Lifetime”, from “The Oracle”. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 20th Jan.…
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Tamil Cryptic Crossword – Mudhal Padi – Solutions, Annotations & Results
Thanks to all of you who participated in our very first Tamizh Cryptic Crossword – Mudhal Padi. A big thanks to “Kaariravu” ( Afterdark aka Shrikanth T) for all the fun and Hari Balakrishnan’s fantastic software which made this possible. Thanks also to Udhirvedi blog for sharing this with their regular readers. Stats: The puzzle…
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Figuring It Out
1ACross is happy to present “Figuring It Out”, from “Bingo”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 16th Dec. 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2020. Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross…
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Tamil Cryptic Crossword – Mudhal Padi
1Across is delighted to present a Tamil cryptic crossword from Afterdark aka Shrikanth T, who has set for the first time in Tamil, adopting the cryptic crossword style of clueing. The fun began, about a week ago, as a series of Tweets which you can check out here @kris_rs or @afterdark0600 might be able to…
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Headline
1ACross is happy to present “Headline”, from “Spiffytrix”, who has come back from a self-imposed hiatus to set exclusively for our solvers. Although he has described this grid as “Spiffytrix’s first attempt on return – glaringly vacuous and dull (5), I can assure you that it is far from that:) Answers can be submitted by…