Inter-school Cryptic Crossword Contest returns for 2022 version

India’s largest crossword contest for varsity college students has returned for its 1oth version this May.

Students in Classes 7–12 can now register in groups of two for the ‘CCCC’ Cryptic Crossword Contest 2022, run by Patna civil society group Extra-C.

Recorded by the Limca Book of Records as the biggest occasion of its form, the CCCC unfolds yearly as a pan-India check of reminiscence, vocabulary and artful wordplay. Registrations opened this 12 months on May 15 on crypticsingh.com.

Schedule for CCCC 2022

The contest will run in three levels from May to November. Stage 1 of the CCCC could have 4 on-line rounds that can happen on successive Sundays:

May 29 – Practice Round
June 05 – Round 1
June 12 – Round 2
June 19 – Round 3

For every spherical, a crossword grid with clues will likely be uploaded at 2pm on crypticsingh.com. Each workforce must remedy and submit the grid by 5pm. All groups should register on the official web site.

The Practice Round is to familiarise gamers with the format. After it wraps up, a cumulative leaderboard will likely be shaped utilizing the scores from Rounds 1, 2 and three. The high 100 groups on this board will qualify for Stage 2, together with the highest 20 groups on the finish of every spherical. Scoring will likely be primarily based on fixing velocity and accuracy.

Stage 2 will enable groups to decide on between face-to-face on-line or offline rounds. Its high gamers will then battle it out in Stage 3–a National Grand Finale to be held in New Delhi this winter. Extra-C is but to launch a schedule for these later levels.

Last 12 months’s National Champions had been Kuhu Goel and Ashis M, who represented DPS Pune. They had been awarded a money prize of Rs 21,000 and a trophy by Extra-C.

The contest is open to college students from any recognised Indian college board. Students from completely different courses in the identical college might also play as one workforce.

History of the CCCC

The CCCC started in June 2013 because the Sudha All-India Cryptic Crossword Contest (SAICCC). It was launched to mark 100 years of the primary recognized crossword puzzle, revealed by Arthur Wynne in 1913 within the US newspaper New York World.

In 2014, the competition was rebranded because the CBSE Cryptic Crossword Contest, giving start to the ‘CCCC’ title. The occasion can also be informally generally known as the National Crossword Contest.

To provide you with an thought of its reputation, in keeping with a information report, 10,326 college groups from 378 cities and cities registered for the CCCC in 2021. The occasion has been held on-line because the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in 2020.