Aug 24 clues & answers
Every clue of this Indian mini crossword by Mangesh Ghogre, with the answer and, where it helps, how the wordplay works. Solve it yourself first: the puzzle is open to subscribers.
Across
- 1A Faction SECT
- 5A Shraddha Kapoor's horror/comedy movie (2018) STREE
- 6A Chief Minister Eknath, in Mumbai SHINDE
- 7A One with a thick skin? PURSE
- 8A "Dishoom" maker FIST
Down
- 1D Mixes up, as rice at a Chinese food-stall STIRS
- 2D Big 4 part: ___ and Young ERNST
- 3D Give up CEDE
- 4D Capital of Telangana? TEE
- 5D Feng ___ SHUI
- 6D 15, 30 or 50 usually (abbr.) SPF
New to Indian crosswords? Read how to solve them, or look up Hinglish answers in the MG Wordbook.