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1ACCWC 539 – DELICATE – Voting OPEN

Great response and we closed the contest with  25 clues, same as the previous contest. 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 […]

1ACCWC 539 – DELICATE – OPEN for CLUES

This week’s contest is hosted by LowdownCryptic who won  1ACCWC 538 – INSECT taking him to the #4 spot in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 539, he’s chosen “DELICATE” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X / […]

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 […]

1ACCWC 538 – INSECT – Voting OPEN

Great response and we closed the contest with  25 clues, four more than the previous contest. 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’ […]

1ACCWC 538 – INSECT – OPEN for CLUES

This week’s contest is hosted by Nathan Townshend who won  1ACCWC 537 – SHOOTER making his debut in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 538, he’s chosen “INSECT” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X / Bluesky handles […]

16C – SpurTed

Our seventeenth grid for this season is “16C – SpurTed” from “Sceptic Cryptic”. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 3rd October 2025. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2025. Annotations for the puzzle will be posted in the blog […]

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, […]

Post Updated Announcement : A Dad’s Army

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

1ACCWC 537 – SHOOTER – Voting OPEN

Good response and we closed the contest with  21 clues, two less than the previous contest. 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’ […]

1ACCWC 537 – SHOOTER – OPEN for CLUES

This week’s contest is hosted by Satyen Nabar who won  1ACCWC 536 – EXCLUSIVE further cementing his top spot in the 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 537, he’s chosen “SHOOTER” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X / Bluesky handles […]