Viresh Ratnakar

@viresh
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Anyone living in an anyhow town. Cryptic crossword setter Gussalufz for #TheHinduCrossword and elsewhere. He/His/Him.

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7.0 mpl. Slow #running today: Runtime Exceptions: heat, post-covid-booster fatigue, block party last night .. Cheers!
Day after new #crossword = older one freely avlble on my site: The Hindu #Cryptic from Jan'26 Triple Or Nothing gussalufz.com/thc/2025/gus... #Crypticclues: 16d. Is this setter guy friendly? (8) 18d. Smooth transformation that turns female into male? (4,3) Another one with a very Indian theme.

THC #14,682: Triple Or Nothing
THC #14,682: Triple Or Nothing

"2x16" 10a. In the morning, milk please (5) 23d. Yes, women at dances like your gym body (6) The paper published my next submission already, this time as a The Hindu Sunday Special #Cryptic #crossword. Two sample #crypticclues. #Gussalufz
7.0 mpl. Slightly sick, slightly sore, but #running and #beer nonetheless. Cheers!
By George! 1d. Release snake under bulk of relative (7) 23d. Love left to wither, that's nothing new (5) Two #crypticclues from my The Hindu #Cryptic #crossword #14,799, published in Thursday's paper (yes, I've set an extra one for them this month, they went back-to-back with it). #Gussalufz
Day after new #crossword = older one freely avlbl: The Hindu #Cryptic Dec'25. "Jayant's Issue?" gussalufz.com/thc/2025/gus... #Crypticclues 12a. Most potent in sack, having extraordinary size (8) 27a. I wish setter, affectionately: "Drop dead" (2,4) Caveat: Theme likely inaccssble for non-desis.

THC #14,655: Jayant's Issue?
THC #14,655: Jayant's Issue?

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Five Firsts 4d. Dung drips, pong spreads (9) 15d. Arrays of small pipes constraining toilet area (9) Two #crypticclues from my The Hindu #Cryptic #crossword #14,798, published in Wednesday's paper. #Gussalufz
8.0 mpl. #Running my T-shaped route to the #beer tree again. Cheers!
My final #cryptic #crossword in The Browser (ed. Dan Feyer), from November 2025, is now freely available on my site: gussalufz.com/browser/2025... Sample #crypticclue pair: 31a. Obliquely speaks about source of reproductive urges? Gross (8) 25d. Short girdle that hurts downstairs (5)

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