7 January 2024 · 42 clues

Jan 7 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.

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Across

  1. 1A / or \ SLASH
  2. 6A Facebook, e.g. APP
  3. 9A Artist's workplace STUDIO
  4. 10A As per Ramayan, abducted Sita threw the ___ ring on the way so that Ram could find her TOE
  5. 11A Lata Mangeshkar or Nelson Mandela, e.g. BHARATRATNA
  6. 13A Cadbury Dairy Milk ___ SILK
  7. 14A Data structure, in coding ARRAY
  8. 15A First lady? EVE
  9. 16A ___-com: Movie genre ROM
  10. 17A Many an Al Jazeera viewer ARAB
  11. 20A "Saving Private ____": Hollywood blockbuster RYAN
  12. 23A Google ___ (PhonePe's rival) PAY
  13. 25A Tiny amount TAD
  14. 27A "Aal izz well" music director Shantanu MOITRA
  15. 30A What paani-puri vendors often do to cold, spicy water STIR
  16. 31A Plan B ALTERNATIVE
  17. 33A "Kajra Re" star Aishwarya ____ RAI
  18. 34A Make it through a difficult period ENDURE
  19. 35A Part of GPS: Abbr. SYS
  20. 36A The "D" of LED DIODE

Down

  1. 1D Less fresh, as food STALER
  2. 2D Be on a WhatsApp group without commenting or posting but reading every comment, say LURK
  3. 3D "Teri isi ___ pe, sanam, mujhko to pyaar aaya": "Deewana" song ADA
  4. 4D Ravi Shankar's instrument SITAR
  5. 5D "Stree" genre: ___-comedy HORROR
  6. 6D Bhatura : Maida :: Chapati : ___ ATTA
  7. 7D One-trick ___: Having single talent PONY
  8. 8D Vegetable found in a peach? PEA
  9. 9D Deity with the third eye SHIVA
  10. 11D India's oldest stock exchange (abbr.) BSE
  11. 12D General assembly? ARMY
  12. 18D Baburao Ganpatrao ___ of "Hera Pheri" APTE
  13. 19D Prohibited or kept out BARRED
  14. 21D Dhoti, for Mahatma Gandhi ATTIRE
  15. 22D Easily fooled NAIVE
  16. 24D One-named Greek musician who has performed at the Taj Mahal YANNI
  17. 26D Grammy-winning rapper and big name in hip-hop, Dr. ___ DRE
  18. 27D Red planet MARS
  19. 28D Skin moisturiser brand by Procter & Gamble OLAY
  20. 29D "You know how ___": can relate ITIS
  21. 30D Tiny earring STUD
  22. 32D "Much ____ About Nothing" ADO
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