9 February 2026 · Subscribers' puzzle

Feb 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. 1A-
  2. 5AThe "U" of U.S.S.R.
  3. 7AMadly, as a need
  4. 8AGenuflected
  5. 9AMinute

Down

  1. 1D___ Kadhi: one-pot dish from Chattisgarh
  2. 2D"___ Koti Brahmand Nayak Rajadhiraj ..."
  3. 3DA and B, for a cassette
  4. 4DBolly : Hindi :: ___ : English
  5. 6DPaper that, in 1925, said of crosswords "The craze evidently is dying out fast"

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