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1ACCWC 541 – OPULENCE – Results
Amrita hosted the previous contest and here’s her summary of the results. We finished this week’s contest with 20 clues and 23 voters ‘Couple’ dominated the word play! Coming in 5th is Kalyan Bandyopadhyay with his ‘Weath of one couple wasted when love is gone (8) In fourth place, Ramki Krishnan’s ‘Wealth of extravagant couple
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Post Updated Announcement : Forest Folk
The solutions, annotations and results are now up on the blog. Check it out at Forest Folk Also don’t miss the solving video in the blog post and the searchable dynamic leaderboard for 2025 in the 1ACGrids – Hall of Fame
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Solve as you go – Mind Enthusiast’s HT puzzle
Here’s my latest video, attempting today’s Cryptic Crossword in The Hindustan Times. The puzzle is by Mind Enthusiast, who has also set several puzzles in 1Across as “The Oracle” Check out this video and others, Like or Subscribe at https://www.youtube.com/@sowmya_ram
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1ACCWC 540 – EXPLICIT – Results
Veera (S.V.Raghavan) hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. Seems the clues theme mostly on sleaze! We have ALP in 5th place with 15 points for “Graphic old film featuring a bit of LGBTQ+sex” In fourth place is CrypticBlah scoring 18 points for “Clearly stated without some convoluted complexities” At place
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Forest Folk
“Forest Folk” from “Aquifer” is our eighteenth grid for this season. You can check other grids from Aquifer here. Watch the video for a walkthrough of the puzzle Stats: 62 solvers attempted this puzzle. 42 solvers completed the puzzle and bonus forms. Only 23 solvers got the full score.