Cryptics

  • The Secret of the Naga’s Arm

    1ACross is happy to present “The Secret of the Naga’s Arm”, a challenging puzzle from “Hasslethymi”, exclusively for our readers. For each clue, an anagram of the solution should be entered into the grid in place of the solution itself. Both the solution and its anagram are single words which appear in any standard English

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  • French Toast – Solutions, Annotations & Results

    Stats -We had a great response to our “French Toast” last week and there were 31 submissions for this puzzle. Of those who submitted, 23 got the full grid score of 33 and fifteen got the maximum possible score of 36. Inspite of the trickiness in embedding the NINA, many of the solvers managed to

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  • French Toast

    1ACross is happy to present “French Toast”, a challenging puzzle from “Gussalufz”, exclusively for our readers. The puzzle has a unique NINA and the solvers would need to uncover that, to answer the questions asked at the end of the puzzle. The online interactive version can be completed and submitted by anyone who wishes to

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  • Easter Eggs – Solutions, Annotations & Results

    Stats -We had a great response to our Easter puzzle (or was it April fool’s?) last week and there were 30 submissions for this puzzle. Of those who submitted, 13 got the full grid score of 75 but only three got the maximum possible score of 83. A number of people managed to answer at

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  • Easter Eggs

    1ACross is happy to present “The Oracle’s” latest puzzle, exclusively for our readers. Although we are publishing it today (by special request), it is not an April Fool’s joke… – or is it? It certainly isn’t an April Fool Puzzle. Since it is Easter, how about some Easter eggs? This puzzle has a Grand Prize

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