The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 65, Sunday 19 Jul 2026, Vidwn

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ACROSS

7   One who heralds President's entree regularly before start of rally (9)

8   Uncertain European Union almost passed over (5)

10 Office fire curtailed with water (6)

11 Cold file reduced to a smaller size (8)

12 Secret agents triggered raid during flight (6)

13 Old lover's wrong to threaten for money (6)

15 A legal officer, one not working for commission (7)

17 Counting system, one included by Chief Minister in contract (7)

20 A person like Mother Teresa, left for India, with some inclination (6)

22 Free commercial break (6)

25 Shoemakers are cold, greedy consumers, not good (8)

26 Fair type, could be artificial! (6)

27 Rupee's in right position of supremacy! (5)

28 Bulimic's worried about slightly ungainly navel (9)

DOWN

1   Seller importing river fish (5)

2   Skin ailment epitomising, eschewing sin originally! (8)

3   Crazy dame had us petrified! (6)

4   State venture shipping European coal, after being excavated! (7)

5   Flyer's back to rent capsule (6)

6   Extended as pure dot, possibly (9)

9   Weak English fellow at bazaar (6)

14 A message by police internally, about Pope (9)

16 Last girl's dwelling underground (6)

18 Indicriminate firing over bill demeaning one's status (5,3)

19 Devil's most enthralled by reportedly exceptional mandarin (7)

21 A masculine President's hunt (6)

23 Mostly growing grape in reduced form (6)

24 Temper of Shakira's ex! (5)

No 14849, Saturday 18 July 2026, Afterdark

 ACROSS
1 Overlooking last XI (6) BESIDE {BE}{SIDE}
4 Actions that harm oneself ends after wife stops working( 3,5) OWN GOALS {GOALS}<=>{O{W}N}
10 Locks up a member and boys outside Rhode Island (9) IMPRISONS {I}{MP}{RI}{SONS}
11 Domain is free essentially, entered URL finally in the morning (5) REALM {fREe}{A{urL}M}
12 Doctor Lily not beginning to sound funny without emotion (5) DRILY {DR}{lILY}
13 Not very cold, excited vacationist expresses fullness (9) SATIATION {vAcTIONIST}*
14 Initially Phil Edmunds mishit; it's more irritating (7) PESKIER {Phil}{Edmunds}{SKIER}
16 Foretold bishop Oscar's daughter; escape first( 4) BODE {B}{O}{D}{Escape}
19 Father entering open house to have fish (4) OPAH {O}{PA}{H}

21 Chap's wearing jumper? No, it's the other way, at deserts (7) MAROONS MA{ROO}N'S
24 Coloured metal, copper with a bit of tungsten in it to add colour (9) TINCTURED {TIN}{C{Tungsten}U}{RED}
25 Chief Officer...(5) MAJOR [DD}
26...to crave for time to get some vacation ultimately (5) YEARN {YEAR}{vacatioN}
27 Approach of nice men is comical, retaining millions with some impunity (9) IMMINENCE {NICE MEN}* around {M}{Impunity}
28 Reorganises structure to identify people who are usually late?! (8) DELAYERS {DE-LAYERS}
29 Medico admitted one sibling for contraction of pupil (6) MIOSIS {M{I}O}{SIS}

DOWN
1Extravagant praises from bud's lip, but essentially spinning (8) BUILDUPS {BUDS LIPS bUt}*
2 Son, in a frenzy opts to buy pastry for the weepiest (8) SOPPIEST {S}+{PIE} in {OPTS}*
3 Glorify editor's comeback providing eulogy at close (5) DEIFY {ED<}{IF}{eulogY}
5 Clothes are left here at Washington quietly, but taken back later (7) WASHTUB {WA}{SH}{BUT<}
6 European medic stocks drug from plant (9) GERMANDER {GERMAN}{D{E}R}

7 Rampart in a war dismantled 50% near the ingress at the borders (6) ABATIS {A}{BATtle}{IngresS}
8 It's sin in Christianity to get spin regularly using money spending energy (6) SIMONY {SpIn}{MONeY}
9 Cat, say Tom ultimately reaches river range (6) MOUSER {toM}{OUSE}{R}
15 Powerlessness of a member leads to 0-10 consequence initially by day's end (9) IMPOTENCY {I}{MP}{O}{TEN}{Consequence}{daY}
17 Stock market index now does jiggery-pokery first to manipulate (3,5) DOW JONES {NOW DOES Jiggery-pokery}*
18 Supplanters at America control royal purse (8) USURPERS {US}{R PURSE}*

20 Husband demolishing front of wall for hound dog (7) HARRIER {H}bARRIER}

21 Communication devices for system on steamships essentially (6) MODEMS {MODE}{steaMShips}
22 Banned on street? Yes, by democrat (6) STAYED {ST}{AYE}{D}
23 Ultimate objective is a new Dell contraption (3-3) END-ALL {A N DELL}*
25 Guy having idli frequently in Indian city (5) MANDI {MAN}{iDlI}

REFERENCE LIST

Wife=W, Very=V, Cold=C, A=1=I, Member=MP, Rhode Island=RI, Morning=AM, Doctor=DR, Bishop=B, Oscar=O, Daughter=D, Father=Pa, Open House=OH, Copper=Cu, Millions=M, Medico =MO (Medical Officer), Son=S, Editor=Ed, Washington=WA, Drug=E (Ecstasy), Energy=E, Range=R, 0=O, Royal=R, Street=ST, New=N.