Feb 24 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 Vatican-related PAPAL
- 6A Folk dance of Assam's tea-tribe JHUMUR
- 8A Singer/actress Gomez SELENA
- 9A Common pickle ingredient MANGO
Down
- 1D Sleepover attire, briefly PJS
- 2D [Um … I'm standing right here] AHEM
- 3D Marathi writer Deshpande, popularly PULA
- 4D Prayer ending AMEN
- 5D Breathtaking place? LUNG
- 7D Rajkummar ___ of "Stree 2" RAO
New to Indian crosswords? Read how to solve them, or look up Hinglish answers in the MG Wordbook.