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Dec 23 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"That's unfortunate"
  2. 6AWhere the heart is?
  3. 10AEgg dish for breakfast
  4. 12APVR's rival theatre brand
  5. 13A6'3", former coach of Indian men's cricket team and now commentator
  6. 15AGadget with a GPS
  7. 16A"___ a small world"
  8. 17A"Small world, ___ it?"
  9. 18AMain yeh nahin kehti, ki pyaar ___ karna. Kisi musafir ka magar, aitbar ___ karna: heard in "Raja Hindustani"
  10. 19AMost populous continent
  11. 22APronoun aptly found in mothers
  12. 23ARemind repeatedly, as do the insurance selling agents
  13. 24AFlaky mineral used in makeup foundation (rhymes with Nykaa)
  14. 27AThe "O" of B.Y.O.B.
  15. 28AIndian Economics Nobelist: Sen
  16. 32ABroadcaster which aired the highest viewed (77 mn) entertainment programme globally on 16 April 2020
  17. 34AJapan : Yen :: Austria : ___
  18. 35APartner in crime
  19. 36AStick in the ground?
  20. 37ASays "Shabaash! Shabaash!"

Down

  1. 1DChange "eena, meena deeka" to "deeka, eena, meena", say
  2. 2DFormer Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, ___ Abdullah
  3. 3DWhat you do when cutting vegetables at the Golden Temple in Amritsar
  4. 4D15-time Grammy winning singer ___ Keys
  5. 5DAreas to work on?
  6. 6DBest practice for gender inclusive pronoun: replace he/___ or she/her with they/their
  7. 7DNeither early nor late
  8. 8DBrick-and-___ : Traditional shop
  9. 9DIs real, like Santa to some
  10. 11DAfter that?
  11. 14DMaking a crossword is an ___!
  12. 19DCathodes counterpart
  13. 20DWalked to the door
  14. 21DSnub, as when you disregard a Linkedin connection request from a colleague
  15. 22DCricket commentator Bhogle
  16. 24DTotally in love with, say
  17. 25DApple computer
  18. 26DChristmas song like "Jingle Bells"
  19. 29DHolier-than-____: Moral high ground
  20. 30DThe "Y" of NIMBY
  21. 31DLine at a food stand?
  22. 33D___-com: movie genre

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