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1ACCWC 536 – EXCLUSIVE – Results

Veera Raghavan hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. In fifth place is Manish Jhaveri with 19 points for his clue ‘Ritzy, old club initially charged us to enter’ Kabir Firaque and Heidi Shroeder share the third place with 22 points each. Kabir with ‘About 10 cryptic clues I have published […]

1ACCWC 536 – EXCLUSIVE – Voting OPEN

Good response and we closed the contest with  23 clues, one 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 536 – EXCLUSIVE – OPEN for CLUES

This week’s contest is hosted by Veera Raghavan who won   1ACCWC 535 – CO-OPERATION his first win taking him to #16 in the 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 536, he’s chosen “EXCLUSIVE” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X / […]

1ACCWC 535 – CO-OPERATION – Results

Satyen Nabar hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. We have a clear-cut winner with 35 points. Gold won by Help company repaint room’s interiors afresh Veera Raghavan In 2nd place is Commanding officer’s talk about exercise and teamwork Amrita Majumdar with 28 points In 3rd place is Call for each […]

A Dad’s Army

Our sixteenth grid for this season is “A Dad’s Army” from “Hypatia”. You can also check out other puzzles from Hypatia here. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 19th September 2025. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2025. Annotations […]

Post Updated Announcement : Rebus

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

1ACCWC 535 – CO-OPERATION – Voting OPEN

Good response and we closed the contest with  22 clues, four 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 535 – CO-OPERATION – OPEN for CLUES

This week’s contest is hosted by Satyen Nabar who won   1ACCWC 534 – FACELIFT maintaining his #1 Spot in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 535, he’s chosen “CO-OPERATION” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X / Bluesky […]

1ACCWC 534 – FACELIFT – Results

Ramki Krishnan hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. Results of the contest We had 26 clues and 29 voters. Two of the setters did not vote. Most of the clues used the FILE* inside FACT wordplay. Here are the results: Tied for 5th place with 18 points each: Manish Jhaveri’s […]

1ACCWC 534 – FACELIFT – Voting OPEN

Great response and we closed the contest with  26 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’ […]