Puzzles

  • Headline – Solutions & Annotations

    Headline – Solutions & Annotations

    Stats – The puzzle page had 652 views. We had 28 solvers completing and submitting the grid (excluding 2 duplicate submissions). Of those who submitted 15 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and  14 went on to get the maximum possible score of 152.

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  • Tamil Cryptic Crossword – Mudhal Padi

    Tamil Cryptic Crossword – Mudhal Padi

    1Across is delighted to present a Tamil cryptic crossword from Afterdark aka Shrikanth T, who has set for the first time in Tamil, adopting the cryptic crossword style of clueing. The fun began, about a week ago, as a series of Tweets which you can check out here @kris_rs or @afterdark0600 might be able to

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  • Headline

    Headline

    1ACross is happy to present “Headline”, from “Spiffytrix”, who has come back from a self-imposed hiatus to set exclusively for our solvers. Although he has described this grid as “Spiffytrix’s first attempt on return – glaringly vacuous and dull (5), I can assure you that it is far from that:) Answers can be submitted by

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  • Simple and Straightforward – Solutions & Annotations

    Stats – We had a decent response to this grid with 390 views and 37 submissions, although it had been posted on a “not for competition” basis.  Of those who submitted, 15 managed to complete the grid and also get the maximum possible score of 155. Here’s the completed grid.

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  • Simple and Straightforward

    Simple and Straightforward

    1ACross is happy to present “Simple and Straightforward”, a debut grid from “Masher”, exclusively for our solvers. The grid is not for competition. However answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to solve, on or before EOD 18th Nov. 2020. [crossword] Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Thursday, Nov. 19,

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