Oct 23 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 Punjirithanji konjikko, Munthiri muththoli chindhikko, Vanjani ___ chundhari vaavae: in "Jiya Jale" song VARNA
- 6A "Murder on the ____ Express" ORIENT
- 8A Live ___ one's means WITHIN
- 9A Hand delivered? DEALT
Down
- 1D Promise VOW
- 2D Dry, as a desert ARID
- 3D ____ of passage, as Upanayana RITE
- 4D 2002 Miss India ___ Dhupia NEHA
- 5D Kapoor: Time's 100 most influential people in AI 2024 ANIL
- 7D Trinitrotoluene, familiarly TNT
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