10 December 2023 · Subscribers' puzzle

Dec 10 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"Dum Maro Dum" singer Bhosle
  2. 5AIndia's largest IT co. by value
  3. 8ASpeed ___: sign on a busy road
  4. 11A___ milk: Nondairy option
  5. 12AHe played "Circuit" in "Munna Bhai M.B.B.S."
  6. 14AHanuman went to Lanka to rescue her, in Ramayan
  7. 15AGather, as support or votes
  8. 16AMajnu : Laila :: Adam : ___
  9. 17AGift from one's parents?
  10. 18AEngraving art form aptly found in sketch
  11. 20ASpeaker's platform
  12. 23AWhat Baba Ramdev is proponent of
  13. 25APen's tip
  14. 27ALower the value of, as a currency
  15. 30AHead light?
  16. 31AComment made before one of the partners of a binge-watching couple watches the next episode of a series alone, perhaps
  17. 33APro's opposite
  18. 34AOpts for
  19. 35A"All good things come to an ___"
  20. 36AFacebook's parent company

Down

  1. 1DDepart's opposite
  2. 2DSix line stanza
  3. 3D"LOL" (or a reaction when one finds out the partner has also seen the same episode without you!)
  4. 4DLetters preceding an alias
  5. 5DRipped, as some jeans
  6. 6DSubject of a "Crime Patrol" episode
  7. 7DLassi recipe direction
  8. 8DAcid's counterpart, in chemistry
  9. 9DIt marks the end of knowledge?
  10. 10DAfrican country near Tanzania and Uganda
  11. 13DAppropriate missing letters in _c_ _ _ge
  12. 17DDoesn't respond to "Had a gr8 time. meet nxt?", say
  13. 19DGreenish blue shade seen in an ink cartridge
  14. 21DCharge with a crime, in court
  15. 22DRest of the day?
  16. 24D"Pretty Woman" actor Richard
  17. 26DWhat Virat Kohli does, in cricket
  18. 27DWhat Shakuni rolls in a game in Mahabharat
  19. 28DNobelist Amartya Sen's subj.
  20. 29DRanveer Singh starrer "___ Baaja Baaraat"
  21. 30D"Ah, makes sense"
  22. 32DFurniture wood

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