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1ACGrids Final Leaderboard – 2020

We ran 26 new puzzles custom made for our solvers, fortnightly, during 2020, three more than 23 which we ran in 2019. These were set by The Oracle (3), Bingo (3), Eclogue (2),  Hasslethymi (2), Sphinx/Avatar (2), Gussalufz (2), Hypatia/Sowmya (2), and 1 each by Mythical, Women of 1AC, Mac, Mathrix, Spiffytrix, Saral, Sideswipe, Asis, […]

Once in a Lifetime – Solutions, Annotations and Results

Stats – The puzzle page had 470 views. We had 55 solvers completing and submitting the grid. Of those who submitted 37 managed to get the maximum possible score of 158. Click Here to see the puzzle The Oracle Speaketh: Unless you were born in 1920 or earlier, a year like 2021, with one double […]

Tamil Cryptic Crossword – Iru Kodugal

1Across is delighted to present “Iru Kodugal”, our second Tamil cryptic crossword from Afterdark aka Shrikanth T. It will be open for solving and submitting till 31st January. The solution grid and names of all those who got it correct will be published in our blog in February. Hope you enjoy this special grid. Happy […]

1ACCWC – 1ACross Clue Writing Contests – 2020 – In Review

Over the last year, we had 52 weekly contests and 18 different setters winning the weekly contests, 8 less than the 26 in 2019. There were three occasions when there were ties for the Top Spot. For the third consecutive year, Satyen Nabar topped the leaderboard winning 10 contests, bringing his total wins in 1ACCWCs […]

All in a Day’s Work

“All in a Day’s Work”, from “Saral”  is the second offering in our New Year Special Double Bill ( Double Dhamaka) for all our readers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 27th Jan. 2021. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader […]

Once in a Lifetime

Happy New year to all of you. We are kicking off this puzzle season with two puzzle posts – A Double Bill ( Double Dhamaka) for all our readers. First up is “Once in a Lifetime”, from “The Oracle”. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 20th Jan. […]

Figuring it Out – Solutions & Annotations

Stats – The puzzle page had 430 views. We had 36 solvers completing and submitting the grid. Of those who submitted 28 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and also went on to get the maximum possible score of 150. Here are the instructions for the Puzzle: All down clues (except the last one) […]

Tamil Cryptic Crossword – Mudhal Padi – Solutions, Annotations & Results

Thanks to all of you who participated in our very first Tamizh Cryptic Crossword – Mudhal Padi. A big thanks to “Kaariravu” ( Afterdark aka Shrikanth T) for all the fun and  Hari Balakrishnan’s fantastic software which made this possible. Thanks also to Udhirvedi blog for sharing this with their regular readers. Stats: The puzzle […]

Figuring It Out

1ACross is happy to present “Figuring It Out”, from “Bingo”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 16th Dec. 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2020. Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross […]

Headline – Solutions & Annotations

Stats – The puzzle page had 652 views. We had 28 solvers completing and submitting the grid (excluding 2 duplicate submissions). Of those who submitted 15 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and  14 went on to get the maximum possible score of 152. Here are the instructions for the Puzzle: Three thematic […]