20 November 2025 · 11 clues

Nov 20 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

  1. 1A "Saat Samundar Paar" singer Sadhana ___ (nee Ghanekar) SARGAM
  2. 7A Shooting stars? METEORS
  3. 8A "The ___ Verses" by Salman Rushdie SATANIC
  4. 9A Used the F-word, sometimes? GRADED

Down

  1. 1D Blacken in a pan, e.g. SEAR
  2. 2D Puri flour ATTA
  3. 3D 2 blue ticks, in a way READ
  4. 4D Here today, ____ tomorrow GONE
  5. 5D Like the climate in Thar desert ARID
  6. 6D Bachelor's : BSC :: Master's : ___ MSC
  7. 7D Monosodium glutamate, familiarly MSG
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