Puzzles

  • Maiden Over

    1ACross is happy to bring to you this grid by “The Esoteric Two”.  Since its their debut grid, they have specially requested for feedback from our seasoned setters and solvers – so, do leave us any comments / suggestions for improvement in this blog post. If there is any clue that you particularly liked, do mention it in

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  • With Lots of Love

    “It’s time for sweet nothings!” ” The umpire at a tennis match announces “Love all”, whereas Robert Burns puts it a bit differently when he says, “O my Luve’s like a red,red rose, …“. So, why not paint the town red today? Look for love in the solved puzzle, and colour that cell red. Any

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  • And Then There Was A Word..

    First there was a symbol, and then there was a Word Welcome to “The Oracle’s” Jumbo thematic crossword in a grid designed on the basis of the Sierpinski carpet. Given the nature of the grid, there are a large number of three letter answers. However, if you highlight the thematic answers, which are pretty long

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  • A Cracker for Yule 2016

    This Crossword, by Brainiac, has been specially created by Sowmya Ramkumar and designed by Brian Dungate for Brighton Crosswords. All future Brighton Crosswords will appear there. Brainiac puzzles are created in collaboration with other members from our facebook group 1ACross.

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  • Mixed Doubles

    This Crossword, by Brainiac, has been specially prepared to commemorate 400 games played at One Across. Brainiac puzzles are created by me, in collaboration with other members from our facebook group 1ACross. For this puzzle, the contributors include Aashwina Mouli, Arun Kumar, Debasmita Basu, Ganesh Nayak, Guruswamy Nataraj, Manish Misra, Mona Sogal, Narayan Mandyam, Supriya

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