Crosswords
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IPL 2020 – The Winner & The Winning Sixer
We recently ran this special themed grid to mark the commencement of the IPL 2020. The grid was designed after a casual Twitter exchange with Mr. W.V.Raman who had made this suggestion. After an initial struggle and a few iterations, I was able to design a unique grid which had the letters I P L
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Tales Be Retold – Solutions & Annotations
Stats – We had a fantastic response to this grid with a whopping 52 submissions, although it had been posted on a “not for competition” basis. Of those who submitted, 45 managed to complete the grid while 32 managed to get the maximum possible score of 165. Here’s the completed grid.
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Tales be Retold
1ACross is happy to present “Tales be Retold”, from “Bangalore Four”, exclusively for our solvers. The Bangalore Four are Mona Sogal, Rashmi Gopal, Supriya Mithal and Viraj Divecha. They created “Tales be Retold” initially as a birthday gift from Rashmi for her nephew, a Cryptic crossword wiz and a fan of the theme. Since they
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Instructions
1ACross is happy to present “Instructions”, from “Eclogue”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 3rd Jun 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2020.
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Wormholes – Solutions, Annotations & Results
Stats – We had 51 submissions – a great response for an amazing puzzle. Of those who submitted 42 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 28 went on to get the maximum possible score of 125. Here’s the completed grid.

