Aug 3 clues & answers
Every clue of this Indian mini crossword by Mangesh Ghogre, with the answer and, where it helps, how the wordplay works. Solve it yourself first: the puzzle is open to subscribers.
Across
- 1A ___ Bele Bath BISI
- 5A Pant TROUSER
- 8A Meeting, in Hindi BAITHAK
- 9A Fencer's handful HILT
Down
- 1D Cigar stub BUTT
- 2D "Plus or minus" ISH
- 3D Arabian or Aegean SEA
- 4D Vex IRK
- 5D Filter free, in texts TBH
- 6D Legendary photographer Raghu ___ RAI
- 7D Rig-ged outcome? OIL
New to Indian crosswords? Read how to solve them, or look up Hinglish answers in the MG Wordbook.