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November 25, 2020
Tamil Cryptic Crossword – Mudhal Padi
1Across is delighted to present a Tamil cryptic crossword from Afterdark aka Shrikanth T, who has set for the first time in Tamil, adopting the cryptic crossword style of clueing. The fun began, about a week ago, as a series of Tweets which you can check out here @kris_rs or @afterdark0600 might be able to […]
November 21, 2020
Headline
1ACross is happy to present “Headline”, from “Spiffytrix”, who has come back from a self-imposed hiatus to set exclusively for our solvers. Although he has described this grid as “Spiffytrix’s first attempt on return – glaringly vacuous and dull (5), I can assure you that it is far from that:) Answers can be submitted by […]
November 20, 2020
Simple and Straightforward – Solutions & Annotations
Stats – We had a decent response to this grid with 390 views and 37 submissions, although it had been posted on a “not for competition” basis. Of those who submitted, 15 managed to complete the grid and also get the maximum possible score of 155. Here’s the completed grid. You can access the Grid […]
November 7, 2020
Simple and Straightforward
1ACross is happy to present “Simple and Straightforward”, a debut grid from “Masher”, exclusively for our solvers. The grid is not for competition. However answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to solve, on or before EOD 18th Nov. 2020. Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. […]
November 6, 2020
A French Connection – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats – The puzzle page had 678 views. We had 55 solvers completing and submitting the grid. Of those who submitted 31 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 13 went on to get the maximum possible score of 166. Click here for the PDF Version Bonus Question What 4 words (either by […]
October 25, 2020
A French Connection
1ACross is happy to present “A French Connection”, a debut grid from “Mathrix”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 4th Nov. 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2020. Annotations for the puzzle will be […]
October 23, 2020
IPL 2020 – The Winner & The Winning Sixer
We recently ran this special themed grid to mark the commencement of the IPL 2020. The grid was designed after a casual Twitter exchange with Mr. W.V.Raman who had made this suggestion. After an initial struggle and a few iterations, I was able to design a unique grid which had the letters I P L […]
October 22, 2020
Diary of the Dead – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats – The puzzle page had 660 views. We had 41 solvers completing and submitting the grid. Of those who submitted 35 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 26 went on to get the maximum possible score of 157. Here are the instructions for the Puzzle: The wordplay in all down clues […]
October 11, 2020
Diary of the Dead
1ACross is happy to present “Diary of the Dead”, from “Bingo”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 21st Oct. 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2020. Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at […]
October 1, 2020
IPL 2020 – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats – 60 solvers completed and submitted the grid, of which 44 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 30 went on to get the maximum possible score of 125. We had 4 new solvers and a couple of old timers coming back to solve this one – Vikram Chandrashekar, Ramesh Jagannathan, Subramaniam […]
