13 April 2025 · Subscribers' puzzle

April 13 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. 1ABullet proof?
  2. 4AIntl. oil cartel
  3. 8AMany moons ___
  4. 9ALike some fancy lingerie
  5. 10AKapoor of "Stree 2"
  6. 12ABuffalo relative
  7. 13AKayak's kin
  8. 16AGrammy-nominated sitar player ___ Shankar
  9. 20ALeave speechless
  10. 21AGoogle : Android :: Apple : ____
  11. 22ALook after
  12. 23AHits up on WhatsApp, for short

Down

  1. 1DAir conditioner?
  2. 2D"Yuck!"
  3. 3D"That's neither here ___ there"
  4. 4DR D Burman hits, say
  5. 5DSome are wrapped in paper and plastic to hide, strangely
  6. 6DEffect you test in mountains, often
  7. 7DThe "C" of a printer's CMYK
  8. 11DOverflow
  9. 13DTo ___ a wide net
  10. 14DUp the ___
  11. 15DOne may precede a verb
  12. 17DKept out of view
  13. 18DMangte Chungneijang "Mary" ___
  14. 19DThe "A" of CYA, in corporate-speak

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