30 March 2024 · Subscribers' puzzle

March 31 Indian mini crossword

Super Sunday 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"Fantastic Four" actress Jessica
  2. 5AFlat-bottomed boats
  3. 10AMild-mannered, like Amol Palekar in "Chhoti Si Baat"
  4. 11AInfluencer could be a good one
  5. 13ANah's or nope's opposite
  6. 14AVideo game area
  7. 15ASee 25-Across
  8. 17ADonkey
  9. 18AAntacid brand that "gets to work in 6 seconds"
  10. 19ACricket legend Brian
  11. 21AKauravas: 100 ___ of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari
  12. 23A"For ____ a jolly good fellow ..."
  13. 24Ax, in the equation 2x + 10 = 30
  14. 25AWith 15-Down, India's motto for G-20 Summit (2023)
  15. 30APark ___: Raymond brand
  16. 31ACow : Moo :: Pig : ___
  17. 33A___ forward: Player position in football
  18. 34APatekar of "Welcome"
  19. 35AGave a lift?
  20. 36ADo exceptionally well, like "todphod" performance

Down

  1. 1DSinger Winehouse
  2. 2DGreen vegetable in a Thai soup
  3. 3DBoyfriend
  4. 4DZoya or Farhan
  5. 5D"Bunty Aur Babli" schemes, say
  6. 6DFocus of middle management?
  7. 7DKiller whale
  8. 8DReduce the strength of
  9. 9DMany taxi models
  10. 12D"Humma Humma" singer Fernandes
  11. 16DPlace in Jerusalem?
  12. 19DTulsi or mango varieties are considered sacred in a puja
  13. 20DOK
  14. 21DShark tank?
  15. 22DBhurji ingredients
  16. 23DClimate control system, in brief
  17. 24D"Been ___, done that"
  18. 26D"Do ____ others..."
  19. 27DHoarding-war between Zomato and Swiggy, say
  20. 28DVaccine container
  21. 29DSocial activist ___ Hazare
  22. 32DActor ___ ___ Menon of "Farzi"

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