Daily Indian Mini Crossword – August 18, 2026

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August 18, 2026

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Target: 00:15:00M

August 18, 2026

Target: 00:15:00M

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Rank	User	Time	Score

Across • Down

ACROSS

DOWN

Across • Down

Arti Birthday special Details

Puzzle Number: 27
Published: August 18, 2026

Grid Size: 15 x 15
Constructor: Mangesh Ghogre

Description: General

Across Clues

1. One with a trunk but no luggage
6. Stock expert?
10. Grant, for e.g.
13. Tahiti and Bora Bora
14. In coils
15. Its open from 9.15 am to 3.30 pm, Mon-Fri in Mumbai
16. Dopey's dad
18. Benki's mom, lovingly
19. It's right on the map!
20. Big ring stone, slangily
21. Apothecary container
22. "Yeh Aankhen Dekh Kar Hum Saari Duniya Bhool Jaate Hain" singer
24. Administer, as peptide
26. Introduced to the mix
29. Bad mood
30. Saxophones, oboes, bassoons, etc.
31. See 39-Across
35. Hoppy hour drink
36. Prongs' son
38. Wrath
39. With 31-Across, this puzzle's theme
42. 17-Down's reaction on discovering the theme, perhaps
44. Freeway exit
45. Makes unhappy
47. Bollywood's British-era jailer who wasn't British
50. Love, in Spanish
51. IIMA reunion attendee
52. Suta offering
54. No ifs, ____ or buts
58. Wardrobe malfunction
59. Two kinds of beginnings, the date with Mexican connection
62. Top club in Las Vegas?
63. Practiced, as a trade
64. 90s soft-drink brand with the tagline "I love you ___"
65. Fourth character to appear in Rigveda?
66. What Hanumankind does well
67. Flower in a fall bouquet

Down Clues

1. 2-wheeler 17-Down wants to learn to ride
2. "Le Gayi, Le Gayi" singer Bhosle
3. "But wait...there's more!"
4. Crushed, as khada garam masala
5. Fire proof?
6. Stock expert's channel (abbr.)
7. 1994 Bollywood hit (abbr.)
8. Not-for-profit where 17-Down volunteers
9. Cluing-in letters
10. Yippies co-founder Hoffman
11. Apple's early ideator
12. Gave a hand?
14. M.I.T.’s ____ School of Management
17. This puzzle's celebrity
21. Alma mater of 17-Down
23. They are fielded on the boundary?
24. Indian tech icon which recently celebrated 25 years of NYSE listing
25. Surathkal or Warangal inst.
26. Ali Baba, for one
27. Where Mamdani could get a hero (and a hero's welcome too!)
28. Animal whose irresistible lure turned into an epic
29. Title for David Attenborough
31. Prepare tostadas
32. German "a"
33. Mega or jumbo ending
34. Chops, as a tree
36. Port on an LCD TV
37. "___ Jaisa Koi Meri Zindagi Mein Aaye..." in "Qurbani"
40. Train to a plane
41. Largest Chinese ethnic group
42. Swear words?
43. CLOY and Queen of Tears, say
45. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's instrument
46. Surrounded by
47. Popat, formally
48. It's a piece of cake
49. Capital of India?
52. Cut with scissors
53. Rafa's unreturned serves
55. "Condé ____ Traveller" magazine
56. Newton fraction
57. Fly high, as a kite in Navsari
59. Lifeguard’s skill, briefly
60. "Choli Ke Peeche" singer ___ Arun
61. Times of India?