7 January 2024 · Subscribers' puzzle

Jan 7 Indian mini crossword

General A five-minute crossword by Mangesh Ghogre with an Indian sensibility: Bollywood, cricket, Hinglish and the odd bit of nostalgia.

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Across

  1. 1A/ or \
  2. 6AFacebook, e.g.
  3. 9AArtist's workplace
  4. 10AAs per Ramayan, abducted Sita threw the ___ ring on the way so that Ram could find her
  5. 11ALata Mangeshkar or Nelson Mandela, e.g.
  6. 13ACadbury Dairy Milk ___
  7. 14AData structure, in coding
  8. 15AFirst lady?
  9. 16A___-com: Movie genre
  10. 17AMany an Al Jazeera viewer
  11. 20A"Saving Private ____": Hollywood blockbuster
  12. 23AGoogle ___ (PhonePe's rival)
  13. 25ATiny amount
  14. 27A"Aal izz well" music director Shantanu
  15. 30AWhat paani-puri vendors often do to cold, spicy water
  16. 31APlan B
  17. 33A"Kajra Re" star Aishwarya ____
  18. 34AMake it through a difficult period
  19. 35APart of GPS: Abbr.
  20. 36AThe "D" of LED

Down

  1. 1DLess fresh, as food
  2. 2DBe on a WhatsApp group without commenting or posting but reading every comment, say
  3. 3D"Teri isi ___ pe, sanam, mujhko to pyaar aaya": "Deewana" song
  4. 4DRavi Shankar's instrument
  5. 5D"Stree" genre: ___-comedy
  6. 6DBhatura : Maida :: Chapati : ___
  7. 7DOne-trick ___: Having single talent
  8. 8DVegetable found in a peach?
  9. 9DDeity with the third eye
  10. 11DIndia's oldest stock exchange (abbr.)
  11. 12DGeneral assembly?
  12. 18DBaburao Ganpatrao ___ of "Hera Pheri"
  13. 19DProhibited or kept out
  14. 21DDhoti, for Mahatma Gandhi
  15. 22DEasily fooled
  16. 24DOne-named Greek musician who has performed at the Taj Mahal
  17. 26DGrammy-winning rapper and big name in hip-hop, Dr. ___
  18. 27DRed planet
  19. 28DSkin moisturiser brand by Procter & Gamble
  20. 29D"You know how ___": can relate
  21. 30DTiny earring
  22. 32D"Much ____ About Nothing"

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