Cryptics

  • TOIL

    TOIL Absque labore nihil by Uma and Brian 1. Fringe novel edges around East Las Vegas (8) 2. Giant Jobs Company’s east-coast location (8, two words) 3. I, accompanied by Tritons, played music for the masses to begin with (8) 4. Remarkable guide all but gave us Burns’ address finally (8, two words) 5. A

    read more

  • Smashing Plates – Solutions, Annotations & Stats

    Stats -The puzzle was well received and 22 people managed to submit the completed grid for this puzzle. Of those who submitted, 17 got the full score of 33. Further, 18 people could CORRECTLY & fully answer the Bonus question. Here’s the Solution grid The description of this puzzle had a cryptic message that read

    read more

  • Boo – Solutions, Annotations & Stats

    Stats -25 people managed to submit the completed grid for this puzzle. Of those who submitted, 17 managed to get  the full score of 47. The following 14 people managed to get full scores as well as the answers to the questions asked correctly. 1. Aashwina Mouli 2. Akshay 3. Aneerooth Thathachari 4. Col Deepak

    read more

  • 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,

    read more

  • 1ACGridfest – Grid 1 – Party Time – Solutions, Annotations & Stats

    Stats – 28 entries were received in all for this puzzle. When duplicates were discounted, there were 25 unique entries. 12 of those who attempted the puzzle got a full score of 37. The following is the list of people who had full scores, in alphabetical order.. 1. Aashwina Mouli 2. Brian Dungate 3. Col.

    read more