17 December 2023 · 42 clues

Dec 17 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 "___ Bell": Mexican food chain TACO
  2. 5A "___ it?": "Samjha?" GET
  3. 8A Turned into BECAME
  4. 10A Sound heard in gym or spa AAH
  5. 11A Major river flowing into the Bay of Bengal BRAHMAPUTRA
  6. 13A EEEEE? EASE
  7. 14A Part of TBH HONEST
  8. 15A Apple consumer? EVE
  9. 16A What you wash off after a stroll on a Goa beach SAND
  10. 17A Danger PERIL
  11. 19A "Suns" in "sunny-side-up" YOLKS
  12. 23A Consider to be, as appropriate for all ages DEEM
  13. 25A What no batsman wants to be OUT
  14. 26A How money moves, often UNSEEN
  15. 29A "Give me ___ sunshine, give me ___ rain..." in "3 Idiots" SOME
  16. 30A He played Uday Bhai in "Welcome" (his famous dialogue "Aloo lelo, kaanda lelo") NANAPATEKAR
  17. 32A Craft beer, in brief IPA
  18. 33A One who reaches a goal? SCORER
  19. 34A Letters aptly found in "_ea_ _oon" TSP
  20. 35A Frog's relative TOAD

Down

  1. 1D What you see while scrolling Netflix recommendation TEASER
  2. 2D Word after head or heart but not heel ACHE
  3. 3D Hidden device for a journalist doing an expose CAM
  4. 4D Warren Buffett's nickname "The Oracle of ___" OMAHA
  5. 5D India ___ : Iconic spot in Delhi GATE
  6. 6D Hangers? EARS
  7. 7D "How's ___": Howzat, in cricket THAT
  8. 8D Opposite of cowardly BRAVE
  9. 9D Person after whom something is named (say Gandhigiri for Gandhi) EPONYM
  10. 11D Sound that (almost) hides a cuss word BEEP
  11. 12D Ctrl-Z, on a PC UNDO
  12. 16D What Kumbhakarn does SLEEPS
  13. 18D The "i" in mobile network operator "Vi" IDEA
  14. 20D Took a peek LOOKED
  15. 21D 3rd most common surname in India KUMAR
  16. 22D Suffix with gang or young STER
  17. 24D Make into law ENACT
  18. 26D Newton or Tesla, e.g. UNIT
  19. 27D Afternoon rests in a hammock on a Goa beach, say NAPS
  20. 28D Photograph SNAP
  21. 29D "Que ____, ____ ": Whatever Will Be, Will Be SERA
  22. 31D 2 : ___ :: 8 : Ate TOO
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