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Rebus

Our fifteenth grid for this season is “Rebus” from “Mathrix”. You can also check out other puzzles from Mathrix here. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 5th September 2025. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2025. Annotations for the […]

Post Updated Announcement : August Celebration

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

1ACCWC 534 – FACELIFT – OPEN for CLUES

This week’s contest is hosted by Ramki Krishnan who won   1ACCWC 533 – SUMMIT consolidating his #3 Spot in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 534, he’s chosen “FACELIFT” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X / Bluesky […]

1ACCWC 533 – SUMMIT – Results

Larry (@lowdowncryptic) hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. We had 22 clues and 25 voters this week. On the way to the summit, here are the 5 highest-scoring clues… Satyen Nabar is in 5th place with 22 points: Crown of diamonds perhaps enthralling couple of maidens @qpheevr takes 4th place […]

1ACCWC 533 – SUMMIT – Voting OPEN

We closed the contest with  22 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’ Button to see […]

1ACCWC 533 – SUMMIT – OPEN for CLUES

This week’s contest is hosted by @Lowdowncryptic (Larry Kline) who won   1ACCWC 532 – ENTHUSIASM taking him to the #4 Spot in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 533, he’s chosen “SUMMIT” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / […]

1ACCWC 532 – ENTHUSIASM – Results

Satyen hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. 2 clues were neck and neck, racing enthusiastically till one pulled ahead, winning by a solitary point 1st place won by US anthem is played with gusto (10) @LowdownCryptic with 20 points 2nd place goes to The sun aims to spread warmth (10) […]

1ACCWC 532 – ENTHUSIASM – Voting OPEN

We closed the contest with  just 18 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’ Button to […]

August Celebration

Our fourteenth grid for this season is “August Celebration” from “Amygdala”. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 22nd August 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 on Saturday, […]

1ACCWC 532 – ENTHUSIASM – OPEN for CLUES

This week’s contest is hosted by Satyen Nabar who won   1ACCWC 531 – TITULAR maintaining his #1 Spot in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 532, he’s chosen “ENTHUSIASM” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / X / Bluesky […]