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In a thrilling culmination of linguistic wit and mental agility, Team England made a clean sweep at the first-ever World Cryptic Crossword Championship – Team Championship, held at The Nehru Centre, London.

Winners of WCCC 2025 World Cup

• Rank-1: Mark Goodliffe (England) – Champion

• Rank-2: Colin Thomas (England) – First Runner-up

• Rank-3: John Henderson (England) – Second Runner-up

• Rank-4: Philip Coote (Australia)

• Rank-5: Matthew Marcus (USA)

• Rank-6: Shashwat Salgaonkar (India)

From the enigmatic clues to the ticking clock, the WCCC 2025 Individual Championship was a true spectacle of linguistic dexterity and mental agility. organised online at wccc.crypticsingh.com, the championship format featured two tough cryptic crossword grids designed to challenge both precision and pace. Participants had 30 minutes for each grid, and the final rankings were determined first by accuracy and then by speed.

Grid-wise Top Performers:

Grid 1 Winners:

• Rank-1: Colin Thomas, England

• Rank-2: Erik Agard, USA

• Rank-3: Mark Goodliffe, England

Grid 2 Winners:

• Rank-1: Simon Anthony, England

• Rank-2: Matthew Marcus, USA

• Rank-3: Deane Short, England

However, it was the overall performance across both grids that determined the true champions.

Overall Champions – WCCC Individual 2025:

• Rank-1: Matthew Marcus, USA

• Rank-2: Simon Anthony, England

• Rank-3: Koh Ting Sween Kenny, Singapore

The competition was fierce, the clues were cryptic, and after four electrifying online rounds—“N”, “I”, “C”, and “E”—the curtain has lifted on the National Inter-College Crossword Expedition (NICE) 2025 leaderboard.

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