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January 26, 2025
1ACCWC 507 – MARRIAGE – OPEN for CLUES
This week’s contest is hosted by me for winning 1ACCWC 506 – ANECDOTE and moving to the top of the new 1ACCWC leaderboard for 2025. For 1ACCWC 507, I’ve chosen “MARRIAGE” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X / Bluesky […]
1ACCWC 506 – ANECDOTE – Results
Textrous hosted last week and here’s his summary of the results. This contest witnessed 26 cluers and 25 voters. It’s heartening to see such participation and I hope we keep the momentum going! On to the results. At 5th position there is a three way tie between Manish Jhaveri, with 14 points (and 2 votes […]
January 25, 2025
What the ___!
Our second grid for this season is “What the ___!” by Aquifer, exclusively for our solvers. The solutions and leaderboard for our previous grid “Architect’s tool” will be up on the blog on or before 3rd February 2025. I have been traveling and the net access is spotty – so will get to it as […]
January 23, 2025
1ACCWC 506 – ANECDOTE – Voting OPEN
We closed the contest with a recent high of 26 clues. Voting is now OPEN CLICK HERE to cast your votes All participants who set clues are expected to vote. You are not allowed to vote for your own clue Click on clues to shortlist them, click on the ‘Shortlisted’ Button to see shortlisted clues […]
January 19, 2025
1ACCWC 506 – ANECDOTE – OPEN for CLUES
This week’s contest is hosted by Textrous who won 1ACCWC 505 – ADORATION and is in the 4th spot in the new 1ACCWC leaderboard for 2025. For 1ACCWC 506, he’s chosen “ANECDOTE ” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X […]
1ACCWC 505 – ADORATION – Results
Sitter hosted last week and here’s his summary of the results. Thanks all – a bumper(ish) crop of 24 this week! I wanted to give you a word which could be broken down into parts or anagrammed easily, and you didn’t disappoint! In 5th place is Sowmya Ramkumar with ‘Love tikka, ultimately with tandoori masala […]
January 16, 2025
1ACCWC 505 – ADORATION – Voting OPEN
We closed the contest with 24 clues, 4 more than the previous contest. A warm welcome to first time participants John D. Unstable, Pageantmalarkey, Rachel Ganz, @4flush. Also, good to see some of our regulars back in action. Voting is now OPEN CLICK HERE to cast your votes All participants who set clues are expected […]
January 12, 2025
1ACCWC 505 – ADORATION – OPEN for CLUES
This week’s contest is hosted by Sitter who won 1ACCWC 504 – CONFETTI and has moved to the top of the new 1ACCWC leaderboard for 2025. For 1ACCWC 505, he’s chosen “ADORATION ” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X […]
January 11, 2025
1ACCWC 504 – CONFETTI – Results
Textrous hosted last week and here’s his summary of the results. This contest saw participation from 20 cluers and 21 voters. All in all, a decent start to the new year. Now on to the results. At 5th position, with 14 points each, we have a tie between @qpheever and @LowdownCryptic for “Scattered fragments of […]
Architect’s Tool
Happy New Year to all our readers. We are happy to start a new season of 1ACGrids with “Architect’s Tool” from “Mathrix”, exclusively for our solvers. Incidentally, the setter Mathrix / Ian VanderSchee recently celebrated his birthday on the 9th. On behalf of our blog and solvers, we wish him (albeit, slightly belated) a terrific […]
