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February 1, 2022
A Capital Idea – XWordle 4 – Solutions
Stats: The puzzle page had over 500 views and was attempted nearly 300 times. We had 89 submissions of which 81 were correct. Solutions: After solving the individual clues, these answers needed to be placed in the Grid correctly as below. Clue 1: Where spirit’s filled with ecstasy (5) SEOUL – Insertion of E in […]
January 30, 2022
1ACCWC 369 – LIGHTER
Congratulations to Arjun Mukerjee for winning 1ACCWC 368 – CHAMELEON. Arjun is the new host and his choice for the 1ACCWC 369 is LIGHTER (7) 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 […]
1ACCWC 368 – CHAMELEON Results
We had a decent response with 28 clues and 32 voters. Here are the results In Fifth place is Yossi Fendel with ‘A master of camouflage, Helen disrobes and replaces another Greek character in “Hero” (9)’ In Fourth place is Satyen Nabar with ‘Creature over top of hedge, one in disguise? (9)’ In Third place […]
January 27, 2022
1ACCWC 368 – CHAMELEON Voting OPEN
We received 28 clues this week and Voting is OPEN Here is the Link to the VOTING FORM Please cast your votes on or before 10AM IST 30th Jan. 2022
A Capital Idea – XWordle 4
Inspired by the viral word game #Wordle, a #XWordle is a combination of a Crossword AND a #Wordle. Instructions Each clue points to a Capital city. However none of the clues are in their right locations. Solve each cryptic clue to find the correct answer and then enter these in the correct locations. There are […]
Trading Places – XWordle 3 – Solutions
Stats: The puzzle page had over 800 views and was attempted nearly 450 times. We had 68 submissions of which 42 were correct. Solutions: After solving the individual clues, these answers needed to be placed in the Grid correctly. So the animals in Clue 1 and Clue 3 had to be entered in “Cages” 3 […]
Auld Lang Syne – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats The puzzle page was loaded 461 times. 257 visitors had a go at it and 52 solvers managed to complete and submit the grid. Of those who submitted 33 managed to get the maximum possible score of 150 including the Bonus. Auld Lang Syne<<< Click Here for the Puzzle Post Here is the solution grid: Bonus […]
January 25, 2022
Manama Reloaded – Results
Congrats to “Joanne Rodney” and “Savera Mehra” the winners of the “Manama Reloaded” crossword contest that we had done exclusively for Gulf Weekly readers. Created along with Gulf Weekly’s Naman Arora, the crossword focussed on key achievements in Bahrain during 2021. The contest had a great response with 115 participants attempting the crossword of which […]
January 24, 2022
1ACCWC 368 – CHAMELEON
Congratulations to @diogneb for winning 1ACCWC 367 – METRONOME. Diogeneb is the new host and his choice for the 1ACCWC is CHAMELEON (9) 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 across contests. […]
January 23, 2022
1ACCWC 367 – METRONOME Results
Summary by the Host: Ananth Srinivasan We had a whole bunch of new participants this time around with 29 clues and 36 voters. There were a whole load of high quality clues and voting was not an easy task. In joint 4th place with 20 pts are Anand Ranganathan – Watch dwarf in conversation near […]
