Crosswords
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1ACGrids Final Leaderboard – 2020
We ran 26 new puzzles custom made for our solvers, fortnightly, during 2020, three more than 23 which we ran in 2019. These were set by The Oracle (3), Bingo (3), Eclogue (2), Hasslethymi (2), Sphinx/Avatar (2), Gussalufz (2), Hypatia/Sowmya (2), and 1 each by Mythical, Women of 1AC, Mac, Mathrix, Spiffytrix, Saral, Sideswipe, Asis,…
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Simple and Straightforward – Solutions & Annotations
Stats – We had a decent response to this grid with 390 views and 37 submissions, although it had been posted on a “not for competition” basis. Of those who submitted, 15 managed to complete the grid and also get the maximum possible score of 155. Here’s the completed grid.
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IPL 2020 – The Winner & The Winning Sixer
We recently ran this special themed grid to mark the commencement of the IPL 2020. The grid was designed after a casual Twitter exchange with Mr. W.V.Raman who had made this suggestion. After an initial struggle and a few iterations, I was able to design a unique grid which had the letters I P L…
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Tales Be Retold – Solutions & Annotations
Stats – We had a fantastic response to this grid with a whopping 52 submissions, although it had been posted on a “not for competition” basis. Of those who submitted, 45 managed to complete the grid while 32 managed to get the maximum possible score of 165. Here’s the completed grid.
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Tales be Retold
1ACross is happy to present “Tales be Retold”, from “Bangalore Four”, exclusively for our solvers. The Bangalore Four are Mona Sogal, Rashmi Gopal, Supriya Mithal and Viraj Divecha. They created “Tales be Retold” initially as a birthday gift from Rashmi for her nephew, a Cryptic crossword wiz and a fan of the theme. Since they…