Dec 10 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 "Dum Maro Dum" singer Bhosle ASHA
- 5A India's largest IT co. by value TCS
- 8A Speed ___: sign on a busy road BREAKER
- 11A ___ milk: Nondairy option OAT
- 12A He played "Circuit" in "Munna Bhai M.B.B.S." ARSHADWARSI
- 14A Hanuman went to Lanka to rescue her, in Ramayan SITA
- 15A Gather, as support or votes GARNER
- 16A Majnu : Laila :: Adam : ___ EVE
- 17A Gift from one's parents? GENE
- 18A Engraving art form aptly found in sketch ETCH
- 20A Speaker's platform DAIS
- 23A What Baba Ramdev is proponent of YOGA In the Wordbook: Yoga
- 25A Pen's tip NIB
- 27A Lower the value of, as a currency DEBASE
- 30A Head light? IDEA
- 31A Comment made before one of the partners of a binge-watching couple watches the next episode of a series alone, perhaps ICANTRESIST
- 33A Pro's opposite CON
- 34A Opts for SELECTS
- 35A "All good things come to an ___" END
- 36A Facebook's parent company META
Down
- 1D Depart's opposite ARRIVE
- 2D Six line stanza SESTET
- 3D "LOL" (or a reaction when one finds out the partner has also seen the same episode without you!) HAHA
- 4D Letters preceding an alias AKA
- 5D Ripped, as some jeans TORN
- 6D Subject of a "Crime Patrol" episode CASE
- 7D Lassi recipe direction STIR
- 8D Acid's counterpart, in chemistry BASE
- 9D It marks the end of knowledge? EDGE
- 10D African country near Tanzania and Uganda RWANDA
- 13D Appropriate missing letters in _c_ _ _ge AREA
- 17D Doesn't respond to "Had a gr8 time. meet nxt?", say GHOSTS
- 19D Greenish blue shade seen in an ink cartridge CYAN
- 21D Charge with a crime, in court INDICT
- 22D Rest of the day? SIESTA
- 24D "Pretty Woman" actor Richard GERE
- 26D What Virat Kohli does, in cricket BATS
- 27D What Shakuni rolls in a game in Mahabharat DICE
- 28D Nobelist Amartya Sen's subj. ECON
- 29D Ranveer Singh starrer "___ Baaja Baaraat" BAND
- 30D "Ah, makes sense" ISEE
- 32D Furniture wood ELM
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