19 May 2025 · Subscribers' puzzle

May 19 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. 1AWhat Padma Awardee Ajith Kumar and Nandamuri Balakrishna do
  2. 4AFeel attending yesterday's "Guns N' Roses" concert in Mumbai
  3. 8ACasa : House :: ___ : River
  4. 9APadma Awardee known for Pentium chip: Vinod ___
  5. 10A___ Chicken: on menu in Indian restaurant
  6. 12ABerth choice on Indian trains
  7. 13APadma Awardee known for USB: Ajay V ___
  8. 16AShowers, as praise
  9. 20A___ Vera
  10. 21AAnnoy
  11. 22A"___ That?": Bowler to Umpire
  12. 23AShortest month?

Down

  1. 1DPadma Awardee, 96-year-old puppeteer Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara known for her ___
  2. 2DCounterpart to Britain's MI6
  3. 3D100, in cricket
  4. 4DAdds to the family
  5. 5DType of table tennis stroke
  6. 6D___ Rama, ___ Krishna
  7. 7DQatari leader
  8. 11DWhat doing the dishes and babysitting can be for men
  9. 13DHumdrum
  10. 14DHoly aura
  11. 15DDeclare without shame
  12. 17DThat man
  13. 18DEnd of an ___
  14. 19DCloud storage?

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