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
- 1A "Saat Samundar Paar" singer Sadhana ___ (nee Ghanekar) SARGAM
- 7A Shooting stars? METEORS
- 8A "The ___ Verses" by Salman Rushdie SATANIC
- 9A Used the F-word, sometimes? GRADED
Down
- 1D Blacken in a pan, e.g. SEAR
- 2D Puri flour ATTA
- 3D 2 blue ticks, in a way READ
- 4D Here today, ____ tomorrow GONE
- 5D Like the climate in Thar desert ARID
- 6D Bachelor's : BSC :: Master's : ___ MSC
- 7D Monosodium glutamate, familiarly MSG
New to Indian crosswords? Read how to solve them, or look up Hinglish answers in the MG Wordbook.