No 14730, Monday 02 Mar 2026, KrisKross

Solution to 4D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered by a non-regular/novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   European rule about controlling disorder (8) ROMANIAN {R}{O{MANIA}N}

5   Make bile go away (6) OBLIGE* 

9   Think of subordinate - one tense and worried (8) COGITATE {COG}{1}{T}{ATE}

10 Most safe to consume English drink (6) COFFEE {COFFEr} over {E}

12 Fully renovated hotel hit by onset of tempest (2,3,4) TO THE HILT {HOTEL+HIT}*{Te...t}

13 Feel sorry for killing river bird (5) EGRET rEGRET

14 Infection from dust? Yes (4) STYE [T]

16 Drive around short mountain to reach green light (2-5) GO-AHEAD {GOA{HEAp}D}

19 Ponder about complex part of maths equation (7) OPERAND {PONDER+A}*

21 Box daughter lost in hut (4) LOGE LOdGE

24 Joseph's eldest son, universe's saviour primarily! (5) JESUS Acrostic &lit

25 General requests drop of alcohol to be avoided in ship, tossing and turning (9) SLEEPLESS {S{LEE}{PLEaS}S}

27 Screen in the auditorium is an electronic device (6) SENSOR (~censor)

28 Duke dies sadly, having personal problem (8) DOWNSIDE {D}{DIES*} over {OWN}

29 Lives with bigoted people, shunning society (6) EXISTS sEXISTS

30 So hot... under fan for cover (8) ENSHROUD {SO+H+UNDER}*

DOWN

1   Say aloud: "Replace power with time in formula" (6) RECITE RECI(-p+t)TE

2   Powerful man scores four - cutting square finally (6) MIGHTY {M}{eIGHTY}

3   Salt damaged retina, mostly (5) NITRE RETINa*

4   On both sides of compound, raise deciduous trees initially (7) A?T?I?E (Addendum - ASTRIDE {RAISE+De...s+Tr..s}* - See comments)

6   Report describing old, more explosive missile (9) BOOMERANG {B{O}{MORE*}ANG}

7   Popular one-time singer? (8) INFORMER {IN}{FORMER}

8   Following program, party leader leaving at 6 p.m. say (8) EVENTIDE {EVENT}{sIDE} 

11 Men only raise guns (4) STAG<=

15 Coach losing one football, say, in ship (9) TRANSPORT {TRAiN}{SPORT}

17 Son's boring project - going through tome, struggling to get the perfect word (3,5) MOT JUSTE {JU{S}T} in {TOME*}

18 After endless suffering, collapse near India's capital (8) HELSINKI {HELl}{SINK}{I}

20 Run a little (4) DASH [DD]

21 Rest of German song now remixed (3-4) LIE-DOWN {LIED}{NOW*}

22 Come running to welcome team in country (6) MEXICO {ME{XI}CO*}

23 Section of most endearing city (6) OSTEND [T]

26 Energy drink made from fruit (5) PUNCH [DD]

Reference List

Rule = R, About = ON, Tense = T, English = E, River = R, About A, Daughter = D, Ship = SS, Duke = D, Society = S, Hot = H, Power = P, Time = T, Man = M, Four scores = EIGHTY, Old = O, Popular = IN, Son = S, India = I

Sunday 08 Mar 2026, IIT (M) WGC, IIT (M) Crossie Open, KrisKross

Announcing the Crossie Open 2026 - Cryptic Crossword competition conducted by the Word Games Club of IIT Madras. It is on March 8th, 2026 at the IIT Madras campus, and I will be hosting it this year.

Registrations are now open - please use this link (google form) to register.

https://forms.gle/eZivoahrNcwt3pTdA