Cryptics

  • Cyclical – Solutions, Annotations & Results

    Stats – We had a good response to this grid with 33 submissions to this somewhat tougher grid (as against 49 for our last grid)!.  Of those who submitted only  14 managed to complete the grid with zero errors, and of that,  only 9 went on to get the maximum possible score of 165. Here’s

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  • Cyclical

    1ACross is happy to present “Cyclical”, from “Eclogue”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 26th February 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2020. Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on

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  • Bar Bar Dekho – Solutions, Annotations & Results

    Stats – We had an excellent response to this grid with 49 submissions, as against 34 for our last grid!.  Of those who submitted  42 managed to complete the grid with zero errors, though only 24 got the maximum possible score of 130. Here’s the completed grid. The Grid was themed on “Mathematics” which was

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  • Bar Bar Dekko

    1ACross is happy to present “Bar Bar Dekko”, from “Gussalufz“, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 12th February 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2020. Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at

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  • Devil in the Detail – Solutions, Annotations & Results

    Stats – We had an excellent response to this grid which was the first of our 1ACGrids to include Printer’s Devilry (PD) clues in addition to the regular clues, making it a bit harder for those solvers who haven’t  encountered these before. In the end, we had  34 submissions, as against 57 for our last

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