Sowmya Ramkumar's Blog, page 77
February 22, 2022
Boardle – XWordle 8
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 Games (Mostly Board games). However, none of the clues are in their right locations. Solve each cryptic clue to find the correct answer. There […]
Brave New Wordl – XWordle 7 – Solutions
Stats: The puzzle page had 600 views and was attempted 97 times (higher than 73 last time). All except 2 were correct and some solvers did not submit in the blog. Solutions: 1 Psycho mercilessly choking poet (5) HOMER: Correct Location 5, Hidden in Plain Sight 2 Discards piano replaced by a novelist (5) DUMAS, Correct Location […]
February 21, 2022
Animal Crossing – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats The puzzle page was loaded over 500 times. 245 visitors had a go at it and 52 solvers managed to complete and submit the grid. Of those who submitted 37 managed to get the maximum possible score of 145. Animal Crossing<<< Click Here for the Puzzle Post Here is the solution grid: ACROSS 7 *Almost out of […]
February 20, 2022
Spring Break
1ACross is happy to present “Spring Break”, from “Mathrix”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 5th Mar. 2022. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2022. Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross […]
1ACCWC 372 – TALL ORDER – OPEN for CLUES
Congratulations to Ganesh Raman for winning 1ACCWC 371 – RICOCHET. Ganesh is our host this week and his choice for the 1ACCWC 372 is TALL ORDER (4,5) 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, […]
February 19, 2022
1ACCWC 371 – RICOCHET Results
Myra did a fabulous job as our host this week and we had exceelent participation with 45 clues and 42 voters allocating 420 points. Myra’s summary of the results.. Some really fabulous clues were submitted for this contest! The podium finishers are: Third place – Satyen Nabar with ‘Kick in crotch? That is awful (8) […]
February 17, 2022
1ACCWC 371 – RICOCHET Voting OPEN
We had a terrific response and finished with 45 clues this week – a new high! 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’ […]
February 16, 2022
Brave New Wordl – XWordle 7
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 Authors (Mostly last names). However, none of the clues are in their right locations. Solve each cryptic clue to find the correct answer. There […]
February 15, 2022
Food for Thought – XWordle 6 – Solutions
Stats: The puzzle page had over 400 views and was attempted over 250 times. We had 60 submissions (lower than 73 last time). All except 1 were correct and some solvers did not submit in the blog. Solutions: 1 People following God for food (5) RAMEN: RA+MEN 2 Taste a Kurma containing beef (5) STEAK: […]
February 13, 2022
1ACCWC 371 – RICOCHET – OPEN for CLUES
Congratulations to Myra Shah for winning 1ACCWC 370 – ENTROPY. Myra is our host this week and her choice for the 1ACCWC 371 is RICOCHET (8) 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 […]
