9 September 2025 · Subscribers' puzzle

Sep 9 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. 1ARasam ingredient
  2. 7ASwapped
  3. 9ALed a candle march, say
  4. 10AShikanji ingredients

Down

  1. 1DMake the cut?
  2. 2DEight, in Italian
  3. 3DHow a strict parent may seem
  4. 4DPursuits rarely pursued by class toppers
  5. 5DCasual top
  6. 6DLike the number of basic musical notes
  7. 7D___ Gangadhar Tilak: who started Ganesh Utsav in 1893
  8. 8DIt's always a result of subtracting smaller 4-digit number from larger 4-digit number

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