17 December 2023 · Subscribers' puzzle

Dec 17 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"___ Bell": Mexican food chain
  2. 5A"___ it?": "Samjha?"
  3. 8ATurned into
  4. 10ASound heard in gym or spa
  5. 11AMajor river flowing into the Bay of Bengal
  6. 13AEEEEE?
  7. 14APart of TBH
  8. 15AApple consumer?
  9. 16AWhat you wash off after a stroll on a Goa beach
  10. 17ADanger
  11. 19A"Suns" in "sunny-side-up"
  12. 23AConsider to be, as appropriate for all ages
  13. 25AWhat no batsman wants to be
  14. 26AHow money moves, often
  15. 29A"Give me ___ sunshine, give me ___ rain..." in "3 Idiots"
  16. 30AHe played Uday Bhai in "Welcome" (his famous dialogue "Aloo lelo, kaanda lelo")
  17. 32ACraft beer, in brief
  18. 33AOne who reaches a goal?
  19. 34ALetters aptly found in "_ea_ _oon"
  20. 35AFrog's relative

Down

  1. 1DWhat you see while scrolling Netflix recommendation
  2. 2DWord after head or heart but not heel
  3. 3DHidden device for a journalist doing an expose
  4. 4DWarren Buffett's nickname "The Oracle of ___"
  5. 5DIndia ___ : Iconic spot in Delhi
  6. 6DHangers?
  7. 7D"How's ___": Howzat, in cricket
  8. 8DOpposite of cowardly
  9. 9DPerson after whom something is named (say Gandhigiri for Gandhi)
  10. 11DSound that (almost) hides a cuss word
  11. 12DCtrl-Z, on a PC
  12. 16DWhat Kumbhakarn does
  13. 18DThe "i" in mobile network operator "Vi"
  14. 20DTook a peek
  15. 21D3rd most common surname in India
  16. 22DSuffix with gang or young
  17. 24DMake into law
  18. 26DNewton or Tesla, e.g.
  19. 27DAfternoon rests in a hammock on a Goa beach, say
  20. 28DPhotograph
  21. 29D"Que ____, ____ ": Whatever Will Be, Will Be
  22. 31D2 : ___ :: 8 : Ate

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