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 our new leader board for 2020.

Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Thursday, Sep. 3, 2020.

Please note these special instructions for solving:

In each clue, there is exactly ONE letter missing from the wordplay.

If these missing letters in all the Across clues and then the Down clues are entered sequentially, then you will be able to fill the blanks below to arrive at a well-known phrase.

– – E /- – – – – /- – – – -/- O -/- U – – -/O – – R/-/-A–/-O-

Here’s the interactive version

Here’s the link to the PDF

Happy solving.