30 July 2024 · Subscribers' puzzle

July 30 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. 1AFirst Indian woman shooter to win Olympic bronze: ___ Bhaker
  2. 5APrayer ending, in church
  3. 6ALike a WA message with just a "?"
  4. 8ALike this clue's number
  5. 9A"I don't ___ this crap"

Down

  1. 1DNamaz surface, perhaps
  2. 2DRadio legend Sayani
  3. 3DWhat an ace shooter holds on to
  4. 4DMentally erase, as Arjuna did to the tree around the bird's eye
  5. 7DWhat a first hot date never seems to do

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