5 January 2026 · 10 clues

Jan 5 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: this one is free to play.

Across

  1. 1A Commenced BEGAN
  2. 6A Kalpana Chawla's home town in Haryana KARNAL
  3. 8A Burping aloud in an office meeting, say CRINGE
  4. 9A Reduce to a pulp SMUSH

Down

  1. 1D Mumbai's financial district (abbr.) BKC
  2. 2D Parking spot for hair, often EARS
  3. 3D Gloomy, as news GRIM
  4. 4D "Suhana Safar with ___ Kapoor" on 92.7 big FM ANNU
  5. 5D Pesters NAGS
  6. 7D Ladakhi speaking city LEH
New to Indian crosswords? Read how to solve them, or look up Hinglish answers in the MG Wordbook.