Sowmya

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Sowmya is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and independent financial consultant based in the Middle East (Bahrain).

She runs this blog and the Facebook group 1ACross, where seasoned cruciverbalists interact while setting and solving clues. She compiled the book Cryptic Crossroads, featuring an exclusive set of crosswords by the members of 1ACross, to raise money for cancer cure and research in 2017. This was followed by Cryptic Crossroads Vol.2 in 2019 and Cryptic Crossroads Vol.3 in 2021.

Sowmya has set 127 weekly themed crosswords for Cat.a.lyst (part of The Hindu Business line), which were published for over two years, until 2016.

She has also set for “The Preston Pages”, a UK publication, under the pseudonym “Hypatia”.  A number of community grids have been put together by her, some of which used the pseudonym “Brainiac”.

In 2019, Sowmya joined the panel of crossword setters for “The Hindu’. Her first THC puzzle was published on March 6, 2019.

In 2022, Sowmya joined Amuselabs as Puzzle Editor and is in charge of creating Mini crosswords, and other puzzles such as Wordsearch, Wordrow etc. that appear in a range of publications.

Interviews / Press Clippings

Gulf Weekly – Proud Winners (Jan. 2022)
Gulf Daily News – Cryptic Challenge (Jan. 2022)
Gulf Daily News – Cracking the Code (Aug. 2021)
Gulf Weekly – Cryptic on the move (Oct. 2019)
Gulf Weekly – Crochet / Amigurumi (2nd Guinness Record) (Nov. 2017)
Gulf Weekly – Clues for a Good Cause (Sep. 2017)
Paws for Puzzles (Sep. 2015).
Crossword Unclued (Nov. 2014)


She tweets a clue a day with the hashtag #Crackingcryptics on Twitter @somsram. Here are some clues in the Cracking Cryptics – Archives

Click Here for the links to her puzzles in “The Hindu”

S.No Date Interactive Puzzle Solutions & Comments
104 26th Sep ’23 THC 13979 Solutions
103 25th Sep ’23 THC 13978 Solutions
102 24th Aug ’23 THC 13952 Solutions
101 23rd Aug ’23 THC 13951 Solutions
100 22nd Jul ’23 THC 13924 Solutions
99 21st Jul ’23 THC 13923 Solutions
98 27h May ’23 THC 13876 Solutions
97 26h May ’23 THC 13875 Solutions
96 28th Apr ’23 THC 13851 Solutions
95 27th Apr ’23 THC 13850 Solutions
94 29th Mar ’23 THC 13825 Solutions
93 28th Mar ’23 THC 13824 Solutions
92 27th Feb ’23 THC 13799 Solutions
91 25th Feb ’23 THC 13798 Solutions
90 27th Jan ’23 THC 13773 Solutions
89 26th Jan ’23 THC 13772 Solutions
88 28th Dec ’22 THC 13748 Solutions
87 27th Dec ’22 THC 13747 Solutions
86 30th Nov ’22 THC 13724 Solutions
85 25th Nov ’22 THC 13720 Solutions
84 1st Nov ’22 THC 13699 Solutions
83 24th Oct ’22 THC 13693 Solutions
82 26th Sep ’22 THC 13670 Solutions
81 22nd Sep ’22 THC 13667 Solutions
80 25th Aug ’22 THC 13644 Solutions
79 24th Aug ’22 THC 13643 Solutions
78 29th Jul ’22 THC 13621 Solutions
77 23rd Jul ’22 THC 13616 Solutions
76 12th Jul ’22 THC 13606 Solutions
75 22nd Jun ’22 THC 13589 Solutions
74 27th May ’22 THC 13567 Solutions
73 21st May ’22 THC 13562 Solutions
72 27th Apr ’22 THC 13541 Solutions
71 26th Apr ’22 THC 13540 Solutions
70 31st Mar ’22 THC 13518 Solutions
69 30th Mar ’22 THC 13517 Solutions
68 28th Feb ’22 THC 13491 Solutions
67 24th Feb ’22 THC 13488 Solutions
66 25th Jan ’22 THC 13462 Solutions
65 24th Jan ’22 THC 13799 Solutions
64 31st Dec ’21 THC 13442 Solutions
63 27th Dec ’21 THC 13438 Solutions
62 25th Nov ’21 THC 13411 Solutions
61 24th Nov ’21 THC 13410 Solutions
60 23rd Oct ’21 THC 13384 Solutions
59 21st Oct ’21 THC 13382 Solutions
58 18th Sep ’21 THC 13355 Solutions
57 17th Sep ’21 THC 13354 Solutions
56 21st Aug ’21 THC 13332 Solutions
55 20th Aug ’21 THC 13331 Solutions
54 24th Jul ’21 THC 13308 Solutions
53 23rd Jul ’21 THC 13307 Solutions
52 28th Jun ’21 THC 13285 Solutions
51 26th Jun ’21 THC 13284 Solutions
50 01st Jun ’21 THC 13262 Solutions
49 31st May ’21 THC 13261 Solutions
48 04th May ’21 THC 13238 Solutions
47 03rd May ’21 THC 13237 Solutions
46 12th Apr ’21 THC 13219 Solutions
45 11th Apr ’21 Hindu Cryptic on Sunday Solutions
44 10th Mar ’21 THC 13191 – Women’s History Month Solutions
43 7th Mar ’21 Hindu Cryptic on Sunday Solutions
42 14th Feb ’21 Hindu Cryptic on Sunday Solutions
41 13th Feb ’21 THC 13170 Solutions
40 12th Jan ’21 THC 13143 Solutions
39 11th Jan ’21 THC 13142 Solutions
38 3rd Jan ’21 THC Sunday Solutions
37 12th Dec ’20 THC 13117 Solutions
36 11th Dec ’20 THC 13116 Solutions
35 19th Nov ’20 THC 13097 Solutions
34 14th Nov ’20 THC 13093 – Diwali Special Solutions
33 19th Oct ’20 THC 13070 Solutions
32 11th Oct ’20 Hindu Cryptic on Sunday Solutions
31 19th Sep ’20 THC 13045 Solutions
30 16th Sep ’20 THC 13042 Solutions
29 15th Aug ’20 THC 13015 – Independence Day Special Solutions
28 10th Aug ’20 THC 13010 Solutions
27 4th July ’20 THC 12979 Solutions
26 3rd July ’20 THC 12978 Solutions
25 28th May ’20 THC 12947 Solutions
24 27th May ’20 THC 12946 Solutions
23 20th April ’20 THC 12914 Solutions
22 18th April ’20 THC 12913 Solutions
21 12th March ’20 THC 12881 Solutions
20 11th March ’20 THC 12880 Solutions
19 04th Feb ’20 THC 12849 Solutions
18 03rd Feb ’20 THC 12848 Solutions
17 27th Dec ’19 THC 12827 Solutions
16 26th Dec ’19 THC 12826 Solutions
15 21st Nov ’19 THC 12786 Solutions
14 20th Nov ’19 THC 12785 Solutions
13 15th Oct ’19 THC 12575 Solutions
12 14th Oct ’19 THC 12574 Solutions
11 6th Sep ’19 THC 12723 Solutions
10 5th Sep ’19 THC 12722 Solutions
9 1st Aug ’19 THC 12693 Solutions
8 31st Jul ’19 THC 12692 Solutions
7 24th Jun ’19 THC 12660 Solutions
6 22nd Jun ’19 THC 12659 Solutions
5 17th May ’19 THC 12628 Solutions
4 16th May ’19 THC 12627 Solutions
3 9th April ’19 THC 12595 Solutions
2 8th April ’19 THC 12594 Solutions
1 6th March ’19 THC 12566 Solutions


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2 thoughts on “Sowmya”
  1. Hi Sowmya,
    I am one of your followers on Twitter and also follow 1across. I have attempted creating a crossword. Can i submit it for 1across?
    Rgds
    Arshad

    1. Hi Arshad. I have sent you a mail about what files I would need to test solve / publish. Please check and respond at your convenience.

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