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Class War – Solutions & Annotations

Stats – We had a fantastic response to this grid with a whopping 52 submissions, although it had been posted on a “not for competition” basis.  Of those who submitted, 37 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and

NEWSROUND

1ACross is happy to present “Newsround”, from “Hasslethymi”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 1st April 2020.. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our

NOW ME – Solutions, Annotations & Results

When I was twitterfing some time ago (surfing twitter that is), I happened to see a tweet from Erik Agard. Taking off on Rebecca Falcon’s idea, they were planning to have a “Women’s March” celebrating the month of March with

Class War

1ACross is happy to present “Class War”,  from Saral  exclusively for our solvers. We are proud to show case this puzzle that Saral has compiled for 1ACross specially to commemorate “March for Women”. This comes close on the heels of 

NOW ME

1ACross is happy to present “Now Me”, a special puzzle put together by Supriya Mithal, along with the 1AC Women power,  exclusively for our solvers. I’d suggested to Supriya that we could do an “all-women” community grid at the 1ACross

Whatever Works – Solutions & Annotations

When talented cinematographer Arvind Kannabiran is not busy shooting, he dabbles in cryptic crosswords (now there can’t be many Bollywood celebs who pursue this niche hobby, but then every rule has an exception). I had been hinting to him for

Whatever Works

1ACross is happy to present “Whatever Works”, a debut puzzle from a new setter  “Sideswipe”, exclusively for our solvers. This puzzle is not for competition. However, answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to do so on or before

Cyclical – Solutions, Annotations & Results

Stats – We had a good response to this grid with 33 submissions to this somewhat tougher grid (as against 49 for our last grid)!.  Of those who submitted only  14 managed to complete the grid with zero errors, and

Cracking Cryptics

When I conducted the first “Cracking Cryptics” workshop in November 2019, little did I expect that this would have a thriving following on Whatsapp or that we would be holding a second workshop in Bahrain. I was invited by Shabini

Cyclical

1ACross is happy to present “Cyclical”, from “Eclogue”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 26th February 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our