30 November 2025 · Subscribers' puzzle

Nov 30 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. 1A____ butter (skin moisturizer)
  2. 5ATaking it wrongly?
  3. 10AMain role, as 27-Across in "Chupke Chupke"
  4. 11APugilist
  5. 12A"Mogambo Khush Hua" actor
  6. 14A"___ Mein Tha Dum, Vande Mataram..."
  7. 15AChinese zodiac animal
  8. 16AFriendly
  9. 19AWhat good salespeople do, often
  10. 22AGobbled up
  11. 23APlunders, as Gabbar Singh in "Sholay"
  12. 27A"Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana..." actor
  13. 30AWhat many want a break from: social ____
  14. 31AWhat was famously tossed in "Sholay"
  15. 32AFire-setting crime
  16. 33AGreek god of love

Down

  1. 1DStructure in house construction
  2. 2D___ Malini who played Basanti in "Sholay"
  3. 3DBring home, as a salary
  4. 4DReebok alternative
  5. 5DFrankly, in a text
  6. 6DHip-___ dance
  7. 7DSmall community away from the city
  8. 8DUnruly or wild
  9. 9DOverused, as the line "Kutte kamine ... main tera khoon pee jaoonga"
  10. 13DGame before final
  11. 17DLand in the water
  12. 18D"Everything Everywhere All ___" 2022 movie
  13. 19DFormer "Top Chef" host ___ Lakshmi
  14. 20DOld anaesthetic
  15. 21DUses a Kindle
  16. 24DIts right under your nose?
  17. 25DBrahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, say
  18. 26D____ serif: font type
  19. 28D____ de Janeiro, Brazil
  20. 29DNickname for 27-Across: He- ___

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