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1ACross is happy to present “Fifteen Puzzles”, the latest offering from “Gussalufz“, exclusively for our readers.

The online interactive version can be completed and submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 30th January 2019.. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leaderboard for 2019.

Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Thursday, January 31, 2019.

Happy solving.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SAVE, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE END OF THE PUZZLE

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Please look for the following as you solve this puzzle

Rogue ?????????? Break ???????
Nose At War: ?????? Concoction ??????

The two wacky headlines above have two missing words each. In both, the first word can be found via a 15 puzzle and the second word from a nina. Can you get both?

Here’s the link to the interactive puzzle

Here’s a link to the PDF

By Sowmya

Sowmya is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and independent financial consultant based in the Middle East (Bahrain). She is a puzzle editor at Amuselabs. She has set over 1,300 crosswords for various publications including over 1000 mini crosswords, cryptic crosswords (under the pseudonym Hypatia for The Hindu) and themed crosswords for Cat.a.lyst (part of The Hindu Businessline). Sowmya runs the Facebook group 1Across where seasoned cruciverbalists interact while setting and solving clues. She has published three compilations of crosswords viz Cryptic Crossroads Volumes 1, 2 and 3. She Tweets cryptic clues daily @somsram

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