Crossword

  • Boo

    1ACross and “The Oracle” are happy to present “Boo”, an exclusive grid for our members and readers.  The online interactive version can be completed and submitted by anyone who wishes to participate. Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Sunday, November  12, 2017. Happy solving. Special Instructions: Where clues have two enumerations,

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  • Deepavali Spirals

    (O)racle and 1ACross  are happy to bring to you to this set of Deepavali Spirals. Deepavali is the season of Dhamaka and Double Dhamaka! How about a Double Dhamaka that is also a Triple Dhamaka or more …? What if it helps you to decide whether you are a Rightist or a Leftist, a Clock-wiser

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  • With Lots of Love – Hall of Fame

    Puzzle – With Lots of Love Stats:  Our game post had close to 600 visits, indicating that a good number of people checked out “The Oracle’s” Valentine day special. We had  19 successful submissions from the following people, who managed to solve and submit the grid. In alphabetical order, they were Aashwina Mouli, Amrita Majumdar, Chandrasekhar, Chatur

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  • With Lots of Love – Solutions

    Here’s the Solutions grid Colouring the “O”s in the grid, and also all white islets in the red sea (the blocks in-between), yielded a giant red heart. Find the shape again in the grid and colour it red” was the instruction to identify that the solution for 44D was “Heart” and to colour that answer

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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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