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IPL 2020

Since  cricket and cryptics have always had a close connection in the minds and hearts of many fans, 1ACross is happy to present “IPL 2020”, exclusively for our solvers. NOTE: Pl. press the “Save” icon before you hit “Submit” or while solving to save a copy in your cache (cookies from the site must be […]

IPL Special – Clue Writing Contest – Results

How much do the IPL and cryptic crossword fans love Virat? Let me count the ways.. We now have a winner! It was a tight contest and all the shortlisted clues managed to get points from voters. Without further ado, here are the clues that made it to the Podium.. With a total of 54 […]

The Great British Rope Trick – Solutions, Annotations and Results

Stats – The puzzle was accessed 631 times. We had 70 solvers completing and submitting the grid, ignoring multiple submissions. One submission was incomplete and ignored for scoring. Of those who submitted 43 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 26 went on to get the maximum possible score of 152. We had […]

IPL Special – Clue Writing Contest – Voting Form

Thanks to all of you who participated in the Clue Writing Contest. We received 26 clues out of which 11 have been shortlisted. Please go through these clues and pick up to 5 favorite clues. Allocate 5,4,3,2 or 1 point based on the order of “Most favorite” to “Least favorite”. The same clue can be […]

IPL Special – Clue Writing Contest

Three weeks ago, I had an interesting Twitter exchange with popular former cricketer Mr. W.V.Raman, who is currently the coach of the India women’s national cricket team.. On the opening day of IPL you must make a crossword, in which

The Great British Rope Trick

1ACross is happy to present “The Great Rope Trick”, from “The Oracle“, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 16th Sep. 2020. All those who submit entries have a

Missing Ink – Solutions, Annotations and Results

Stats – The puzzle was accessed 460 times. We had 59 solvers completing and submitting the grid, ignoring multiple submissions. Of those who submitted 48 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and also went on to get the

Missing Ink

1ACross is happy to present “Missing Ink”, from “Hypatia“, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 2nd Sep. 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter

Turn of Phrase – Solutions, Annotations and Results

Stats – The puzzle was accessed 726 times by 350 solvers. Of these, 68 completed the grid as well as the bonus questions. Of those who submitted 50 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 43 went on

Turn of Phrase

1ACross is happy to present “Turn of Phrase”, from “Mythical“, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 19th Aug. 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to