Sep 11 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 Crumb-carrying insect ANT
- 4A Smidge TAD
- 7A Like a bass's voice LOW
- 8A "Star Movies" rival (abbr.) HBO
- 9A "Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Naata ___..." KOI
- 10A Siri platform IOS
- 11A Common female name, in US ANN
- 12A Rastriya Lokatantrik Gaṭhabandhan, familiarly (abbr.) NDA
- 13A Hit, as planes (depicted by the grid design for today's theme) STRIKE
- 14A "A ____ Good Men" FEW
- 16A NSE's home BKC
- 19A Gorilla, for one APE
- 20A "____-la-la, ___-la-la, Tu Hai Meri Fantasy!": in The Dirty Picture OOH
- 21A Shaheb : Kolkata :: ___ : London SIR
- 22A 9/11 country (abbr.) USA
- 23A IT major with over 600,000 staff TCS
- 24A Bisleri competitor TAP
Down
- 1D 2026 Padma Bhushan awardee Yagnik ALKA
- 2D Lunch hours, often NOONS
- 3D Former Manhattan skyline feature (as depicted by grid design) TWINTOWERS
- 4D What this MG Mini could make you do, about 9/11 THINKABOUT
- 5D Residence ABODE
- 6D What Mysore is known for, food-wise DOSA
- 14D How bad news travels, it's said FAST
- 15D Monumental, as failure EPIC
- 17D Tussar silk variety KOSA
- 18D Fellow CHAP
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