May 19 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 What Padma Awardee Ajith Kumar and Nandamuri Balakrishna do ACT
- 4A Feel attending yesterday's "Guns N' Roses" concert in Mumbai ACHE
- 8A Casa : House :: ___ : River RIO
- 9A Padma Awardee known for Pentium chip: Vinod ___ DHAM
- 10A ___ Chicken: on menu in Indian restaurant TANDOORI
- 12A Berth choice on Indian trains UPPER
- 13A Padma Awardee known for USB: Ajay V ___ BHATT
- 16A Showers, as praise LAVISHES
- 20A ___ Vera ALOE
- 21A Annoy IRK
- 22A "___ That?": Bowler to Umpire HOWS
- 23A Shortest month? MAY
Down
- 1D Padma Awardee, 96-year-old puppeteer Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara known for her ___ ART
- 2D Counterpart to Britain's MI6 CIA
- 3D 100, in cricket TON
- 4D Adds to the family ADOPTS
- 5D Type of table tennis stroke CHOP
- 6D ___ Rama, ___ Krishna HARE
- 7D Qatari leader EMIR
- 11D What doing the dishes and babysitting can be for men DUTIES
- 13D Humdrum BLAH
- 14D Holy aura HALO
- 15D Declare without shame AVOW
- 17D That man HIM
- 18D End of an ___ ERA
- 19D Cloud storage? SKY
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