Sowmya Ramkumar

We have 22 clues in the bag already - have you submitted a clue yet. Can we get to 40 clues before the deadline this week?

Congrats

Genius crossword No 273 Deadline for entries is 23:59 BST on Saturday 4 April. You need to register once and then sign in to theguardian.com to enter our online competition for a £100 monthly prize

Excited to debut as Turnstone in this month’s Guardian Genius slot. Thanks to @alanconnor.bsky.social and @mycrossword.co.uk and test solvers!

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1ACCWC #556 – CROWN – OPEN FOR CLUES This weeks contest is hosted by Aashirwad For 1ACCWC 556, the chosen word is CROWN Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please login to participate. Yo…

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#1ACCWC 556 - New #cryptic #clue #contest is up.

Also results of #1ACCWC 555 are now up in the blog . www.1across.org/2026/03/01/1...

May the tribe grow 🙂

Solve a puzzle a day at indiamini.in

#crossword #mini

1ACross For cruciverbalists...A Good Place to Start..

#1ACCWC 555

Off to a nice start with 19 clues in so far. How do get to 30 or more? Who can pass FREEBIES by - cmon, it’s not hard. Would love to see more ideas, step in and submit a clue for this week’s contest.

#cryptiv #crossword #clue #contest

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#Enigmaya #cryptic #crossword in Hindustan Times today.

Sample clue

Name of character in novel — Trivia: it includes two “I”s and four “K”s (5-5-4)

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1ACCWC #555 – FREEBIES – OPEN FOR CLUES This week’s contest is hosted by Ramki Krishnan For 1ACCWC 555, the chosen word is FREEBIES Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please login to …

1ACCWC #555 - FREEBIES - OPEN FOR CLUES

The word for this week is FREEBIES (8).

One clue per participant, open till Fri 27 Feb morning IST.

#cryptic #clue #contest #crosswords #1accwc

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When one’s work is titled “The Waste Land”, surely people would “turn” to see the author’s name.

Message from this week’s host - have you submitted your #cryptic #clue yet

Quick crossword No 341 · MyCrossword Solve Quick crossword No 341 on MyCrossword. 13x13 grid with 24 clues by Guinevere. Published Sun 15 Feb 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

A new Guinevere ‘Quick’ on the wonderful @mycrossword.co.uk if anyone fancies it? :-)

#cryptic #crossword

Interesting thread - I can say the same for Indian cryptics.

As for abbreviations, it’s high time we re-wrote many of those. I still don’t stop seeing T for model and Di for princess though I don’t use it if I can avoid it!

Didn’t know CH before - so I reckon we don’t use that one so much.

1ACCWC #554 – BRAIN ROT – OPEN FOR CLUES This weeks contest is hosted by Kalyan Bandyopadhyay For 1ACCWC 554, the chosen word is BRAIN ROT Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please login to …

#1ACCWC 554

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New contest’s up in the blog.

Now you can save your draft clues and also edit submitted before the submission deadline.

Looking forward to see a good number of participants this week.

#cryptic #clue #contest #crosswords

1ACCWC #553 – URBAN LEGEND – Results Thanks to Textrous for hosting the contest. The most dominant URBAN LEGEND involved Greenland which figured in as many as 7 clues., three of which made it to the Top 10. Two clues used a very neat …

#1ACCWC 553

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Congrats @adamlp.bsky.social @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social and others on the podium 👏👏👏

#1ACCWC 553 www.1across.org/2026/02/13/v...

Time to vote - anyone interested can cast your vote but all participants must vote according to the rules of the contest.

#cryptic #clue #crossword #contest

Bump - Have you submitted a #cryptic #clue for URBAN LEGEND for this week’s contest yet?

Fun :)

You can just bookmark the page 1across.org/accwc - you would also get email reminders but they may be ending up in spam

Yin Yang #1ACGrids series presents our second grid for this year “Yin Yang” from “Amygdala”, exclusively for our solvers. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 20th …

#1ACGrids series presents our second grid for this year “Yin Yang” from “Amygdala”, exclusively for our solvers.

Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 20th Feb. 2026.

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#cryptic #crosswords

1ACCWC #553 – URBAN LEGEND – OPEN FOR CLUES This weeks contest is hosted by Textrous For 1ACCWC 553, the chosen word is URBAN LEGEND Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please login to participa…

#1ACCWC 553
New contest’s up on the blog

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#cryptic #clue #crossword #contest

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 “w…

#1ACCWC 552 - Whiplash - Results www.1across.org/2026/02/08/1...

Congrats winners 👏👏👏 Thanks for hosting Shobha Nayak

@andrewt.net - bump

Voting Now Open – 1ACCWC #552 1ACCWC 552 hosted by Shobha Nayak is now closd for clues. Voting is now OPEN CLICK HERE to cast your votes All participants who set clues are expected to vote. You are not allowed to vote for your …

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Don’t forget to vote..

My first #cryptic #crossword for February as #Hypatia is out in The Hindu today. Check it out if you have some time and let me know how you do.

Sample clue

Cultivated from river in New Delhi, ending in Ganges(8)

Solve online at

www.thehindu.com/crosswords/h... (social login)

1ACross For cruciverbalists...A Good Place to Start..

#1ACCWC 552

Off to a nice start with 15 clues in so far. Can we get to 30 or more? Surely, with all the setters in this group, it should be possible. GO ahead, submit a clue for this week’s contest.

#cryptiv #crossword #clue #contest

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Congrats - should join you some time - has been a while

Congrats 🎉

#1ACCWC - Only 21 clues in the bag so far.. If you were waiting for the last minute, its almost here 🙂

#cryptic #clue #contest

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The world's in SHAMBLES, can you set it (right)? Come on, you know you want to! Top fun comp, this.