I post a clue daily in Twitter (https://twitter.com/somsram), WA and 1ACross.org. Here’s the clue for today.

Solution to Cracking Cryptics – 18th July 2023
Clue: Support group hires new criminal lawyer for contract killer? (8)
Answer: ANACONDA
Annotation: A(N)A CON DA
Def: Contract killer?
Containment indicator: Hires
Abbreviation(s): AA – Support group

Solvers

The game was loaded by 57 unique players. 25 solvers submitted, 19 got it correct and 6 got it incorrect. 1 was anonymous.

TOP 3: Ratnakumar, Anantha Kumar and Veena Venkataraman

OTHERS

Sujatha
Madhusudan H
Nilesh Parmar
Tejas Siddharth
Magi
Madhup Tewari
Maya
Ramki Krishnan
Mona Sogal
D Narayana Swamy
Ranjani Srikanth
BINAY KUMAR PATRA
Mahesh
N Anantakrishnan and
Venkatesan P.

Congrats to all those who cracked it.