Puzzles

  • IPL Special – Clue Writing Contest – Results

    IPL Special – Clue Writing Contest – Results

    How much do the IPL and cryptic crossword fans love Virat? Let me count the ways.. We now have a winner! It was a tight contest and all the shortlisted clues managed to get points from voters. Without further ado, here are the clues that made it to the Podium.. With a total of 54

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  • The Great British Rope Trick – Solutions, Annotations and Results

    The Great British Rope Trick – Solutions, Annotations and Results

    Stats – The puzzle was accessed 631 times. We had 70 solvers completing and submitting the grid, ignoring multiple submissions. One submission was incomplete and ignored for scoring. Of those who submitted 43 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 26 went on to get the maximum possible score of 152. We had

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  • The Great British Rope Trick

    The Great British Rope Trick

    1ACross is happy to present “The Great Rope Trick”, from “The Oracle“, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 16th Sep. 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2020. Annotations for the puzzle will be

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  • Missing Ink – Solutions, Annotations and Results

    Missing Ink – Solutions, Annotations and Results

    Stats – The puzzle was accessed 460 times. We had 59 solvers completing and submitting the grid, ignoring multiple submissions. Of those who submitted 48 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and also went on to get the maximum possible score of 140. We had two first time solvers viz., Ashish Pachory, Dharmarajan.

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  • Missing Ink

    Missing Ink

    1ACross is happy to present “Missing Ink”, from “Hypatia“, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 2nd Sep. 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

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