July 12 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 Painting stands EASELS
- 7A First company to reach market capitalisation of $4 Trillion NVIDIA
- 8A "D" of AC/DC DIRECT
- 9A It goes well with wine DINE
Down
- 1D Tip END
- 2D Hard-core, as a fan AVID
- 3D Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface, familiarly SIRI
- 4D Paradise EDEN
- 5D Ones waiting to go head to head? LICE
- 6D ___ Sri Akal: Sikh greeting SAT
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