Sowmya Ramkumar's Blog, page 76
March 6, 2022
Sherni (The Lioness)
On International Women’s Day 2022, 1ACross is happy to present “Sherni (The Lioness)”, a special puzzle put together by Qrypt On Y X and me along with 16 extremely talented women from across the globe. Although people describe the “Lion” as the King of the Jungle, it is actually the unheralded “Lioness” who fends for […]
Spring Break – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats The puzzle page was loaded over 350 times. 95 visitors had a go at it and 45 solvers managed to complete and submit the grid. Of those who submitted, only 13 managed to get the maximum possible score of 166. Spring Break<<< Click Here for the Puzzle Post Here is the solution grid: ACROSS 1 Head […]
1ACCWC 374 – RESILIENT – OPEN for CLUES
Congratulations to Raj Jayaram who won 1ACCWC 373 – INVASION. Raj is our host this week and his choice for the 1ACCWC 374 is RESILIENT Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / Twitter handles and use it consistently while voting, cluing and […]
March 5, 2022
1ACCWC 373 – INVASION Results
Dr. Satyen Nabar was our host this week and we had fantastic participation with 49 clues and 58 voters allocating 580 points. Satyen’s summary of the results.. GOLD won by a neat and succinct anagram clue Attack in vain – so sad! (8) Raj Jayaram with 41 points. SILVER won by a smooth acrostic Occupation […]
March 3, 2022
1ACCWC 373 – INVASION Voting OPEN
We had a great response and finished with 49 clues this week – 7 more than 42 last week! 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 […]
March 2, 2022
Dances with Wordles – XWordle 9
Inspired by the viral word game #Wordle, a #XWordle is a combination of a Crossword AND a #Wordle. Instructions All solution words as well as the final XWordle are connected to Dances. However, none of the clues are in their right locations. Solve each cryptic clue to find the correct answer. There are helpful letter […]
March 1, 2022
Boardle – XWordle 8 – Solutions
Stats: The puzzle page had 432 views and was attempted 122 times (higher than 97 last time). All except 6 were correct and some solvers did not submit in the blog. Solutions: 1 What’s unmentionable about a bachelor as well (5) TABOO: T(A B)OO 2 Hard to split tax for board (5) CHESS, C(H)ESS 3 […]
February 27, 2022
1ACCWC 373 – INVASION – OPEN for CLUES
Congratulations to Satyen for winning 1ACCWC 372 – TALL ORDER. Doc Satyen is our host this week and his choice for the 1ACCWC 373 is INVASION Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names / Twitter handles and use it consistently while voting, cluing […]
February 26, 2022
1ACCWC 372 – TALL ORDER Results
Ganesh was our host this week and we had great participation with 42 clues and 44 voters allocating 440 points. Ganesh’s summary of the results.. Looks like it wasn’t a tall order at all to set clues for TALL ORDER, as we finished with 42 entries. Here are the podium finishers: In 3rd place, we […]
February 24, 2022
1ACCWC 372 – TALL ORDER Voting OPEN
We had a great response and finished with 41 clues this week – slightly lower than 45 last week! 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 […]
