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1ACCWC 552 – Whiplash – Results
Thanks to Shobha for hosting the contest. Setters had a “pain in the neck” fixation with whiplash and many combined a “fashionable” (HIP) joint “with” a “wide” “wife” (W) to construct their wordplay. While some hid the answer in a “trendy” LA show others stuffed a cricket tournament (IPL) into a “mess” (HASH), or twisted
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1ACCWC 546 – TIE THE KNOT – Results
Textrous was the host and here’s his round up of the week’s contest. The clue-writing competition for TIE THE KNOT received 23 entries. Tied for 5th place with 18 points from 9 voters are: Sitter for “Make granny take the plunge?” and Ashwin Bhandarkar for “Principally, Tamilians in Ettayapuram trust horoscopes – especially kundali, nakshatras,
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1ACCWC 546 – TIE THE KNOT – OPEN for CLUES
This week’s contest is hosted by Textrous who won 1ACCWC 545 – COMPLY, his 4th win consolidating his #2 spot in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 546, he’s chosen “TIE THE KNOT” Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please use your known names
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1ACCWC 545 – COMPLY – Results
Veera Raghavan was the host and here’s his round up of the week’s contest. Leading the chart is Textrous with 28 points for his clue ‘Respect is missing from Special Olympics’ At the second place we have Belaircom.bsky.social with 26 points for the clue ‘Turn up, cut, fold and bend’ Venkatesan P in third place
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1ACCWC 542 – BROADCAST – Results
Textrous hosted the previous contest and here’s his summary of the results. The cryptic clue writing competition for BROADCAST saw participation from 21 setters. I’d have hoped for a few more but can’t complain with a turnout of a score and more. At 6th place is Sowmya Ramkumar for “British actors terribly bored by commercial