The Crossed Up Circuit

Four crosswords, one sitting: the mini, a nine by nine, three acrostics and a grid with no clues. Fast enough and you solve in pen.

Solve all 4 crosswords Or just Emcee

4games

60points on offer

0/4played today

The run, in order

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1EmceeMini crosswordThe daily mini crosswordFill a five by five crossword from fair clues, and the timer stops when the grid is right.Today's board1 2 3 Play 2EncoreDaily crosswordThe big daily crosswordFill the nine by nine crossword from fair clues, with every square crossed by an answer in both directions. The timer stops when the grid is right, and Sundays run eleven by eleven.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3ArcosSet of acrosticsThree acrostics, one linkThree clued acrostics: the first letters, the last letters and the diagonal each spell a hidden word. Then find the one word that goes with all three. Each acrostic is worth three, the finale one; time breaks ties.Today's board1 2 3 Play 4GlyphCodewordA crossword with no cluesEvery letter is a number and the same number is always the same letter, so two given letters and the crossings have to carry you to all 26.Today's board1 2 3 Play

Shortest first, longest last. Each game pays 15 points for a win down to 1 for finishing, and the circuit adds all 4 up. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 4 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

In PenFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.gold

The same 4 games every day, with new puzzles in each of them at midnight Eastern.

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