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  • Stars and Wars

    Stars and Wars

    1ACross is happy to present “Stars and Wars”, from “Aquifer”, exclusively for our solvers. Welcome to Aquifer who is making a debut with his first puzzle. Aquifer is the pseudonym of Kabir Firaque, who has been part of The Indian Express editorial team since 2008. A civil engineer by education, he writes on science, mathematics,

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  • Trading Places –  XWordle 3

    Trading Places – XWordle 3

    This is my third #XWordle. Inspired by the viral word game #Wordle, a #XWordle is a combination of a Crossword AND a #Wordle. The Story There is pandemonium at the Zoo since the animals have escaped from their cages (marked 1-5). One animal is still in its own cage but the other two pairs have

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  • Movie XWordle – Solutions

    Movie XWordle – Solutions

    Stats: The puzzle page had over 600 views and nearly 300 people attempted it.  We had 60 solvers submitting their solution here. All except 1 got it correct. Here are the solutions and annotations 1 Couple of soldiers escort student to movie (5) GI G(L)I GI – Soldier, L – Student 2 Mark offers nothing

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  • 1ACCWC- 1Across Clue writing contest No 367

    Congratulations to Ananth Srinivasan for winning 1ACCWC 366. Ananth’s choice for the CWC is METRONOME (9) Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clue for everybody’s benefit. Clues can be posted till midnight IST on the 20th January 2022 All particpants must also vote in the contest. Voting will

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  • Movie XWordle

    Movie XWordle

    This Movie XWordle is inspired by #Wordle, the Viral word game that’s taken social media and cruciverbalists by storm. I call it XWordle because it is a combination of a Crossword with a Wordle. Instructions All the solution words are names of Hollywood movies. You can get the answer by either solving the cryptic clue

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