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1ACCWC #556 – CROWN – Results
Thanks to Aashirwad for hosting the contest. With a versatile word having many synonyms, this week’s contest saw strong participation, with 30 entries in total. Multiple contestants went directly for references to royalty in their clues. Others opted for misdirection, with common ideas including TV networks, murders, Republican bullies and contests with trophies. There were
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1ACCWC #555 – FREEBIES – Results
Thanks to Ramki Krishnan for hosting the contest. The contest elicited some clever ties in common cryptic surfaces: “on the house”, “giveaways,” “handouts,” “no charge,” etc. were often used definitions. Wordplay in several clues used beer/fries), insects (BEE), chips/fries, or anagrams/containers involving those elements. Voter comments focused on indirect anagrams, same-root issues (using “free” directly
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1ACCWC #554 – BRAIN ROT – Results
Thanks to Kalyan Bandyopadhyay for hosting the contest. This week’s 1ACCWC #554 on BRAIN ROT saw solid turnout with 28 entries and lively community. Ramki Krishnan crushed it with 41 points (16 voters) for his acrostic gem: “Mental decline from baseless rumours and idiotic nonsense read on Twitter, primarily? (5,3)” Spot-on topical surface ranting about
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2025: A Year of Cadence & Craft – 1ACCWC Roundup
It was a busy year for the 1ACCWC, with 45 contests and 20 different people taking a weekly win. If 2024 was defined by its intensity, 2025 was a season of endurance and precision. Cadence & Craft reflects the two forces that shaped this year’s leaderboard. Cadence represents the steady, 45-week rhythm of the competition—the
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My journey in IXL 2025
As I sit here nursing a mild crossword hangover (and wondering why my brain still feels like it’s chasing anagrams at 3 a.m.), I can finally say: the IXL 2025 online season is done. Ten rounds, ten Sundays of pure cryptic adrenaline, and the results are out. What a ride. For the uninitiated, IXL is