May 9 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 Like yellow Alphonso mango RIPE
- 5A Wacky comic Sandler ADAM
- 6A Legendary painter Anjolie Ela ___ MENON
- 8A Olympian long-jumper ___ Bobby George ANJU
- 9A Raymond buy, often SUIT
Down
- 1D Zodiac symbol of Aries RAM
- 2D Some bright ones come up at 4 a.m. IDEAS
- 3D "Badla" actress Taapsee PANNU
- 4D :-), e.g. EMOJI
- 7D It hangs by a thread? NUT
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