Theme
-
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
-
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.
-
A French Connection – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats – The puzzle page had 678 views. We had 55 solvers completing and submitting the grid. Of those who submitted 31 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 14 went on to get the maximum possible score of 166.
-
Diary of the Dead – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats – The puzzle page had 660 views. We had 41 solvers completing and submitting the grid. Of those who submitted 35 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 26 went on to get the maximum possible score of 157.
-
IPL 2020 – Solutions, Annotations and Results
Stats – 60 solvers completed and submitted the grid, of which 44 managed to complete the grid with zero errors and 30 went on to get the maximum possible score of 125. We had 4 new solvers and a couple of old timers coming back to solve this one – Vikram Chandrashekar, Ramesh Jagannathan, Subramaniam