Sunday, 30 August 2026

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 71, Sunday 30 Aug 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Cause for bitterness in beers got from shop (4)
9   I hear recommendation to offspring to purchase animal (5)
10 Heard, "This is one kind of dog... Look!" (4)
11 Flowers from stars travelling around the Orient (6)
12 Break two knobs showing way to tie shoelaces (8)
13 Princess gets small requisition in mess (8)
15 One who hopes goes without Papa's jumper (6)
17 Excitedly digs in consuming morsel initially, a minute quantity (7)
19 Zulu leaves freezers built for refrigerated trucks (7)
22 Setter's little sister consumes egg, resulting in abnormal movement of pupil (6)
24 After one metre, cutting pliers creates risk (8)
26 Wrongly foretell, "It is without charge" (4-4)
28 Reach a river in spate (6)
30 He leaves hamper lying around in perambulator (4)
31 Place where a judge may woo? (5)
32 Special forces unit husband's cummerbund (4)

DOWN
1   Strange CPOs and policemen (4)
2   Space traveller adores it when travelling (8)
3   Badly treated a vehicle with editor (6)
4   International Organisation for Standardisation prohibits some lines on maps (7)
5   Ship around this time, garden equipment and piece of winter footwear (8)
6   Confide, "Pope is confused about Greek letter" (4,2)
7   Attend and defeat (4)
14 First Secretary General of NATO is dismayed to some extent (5)
16 Extraordinary role around beginning of raid for actor Flynn (5)
18 Teach instrument soldiers leave around beginning of combat (8)
20 Stronghold for lock? (8)
21 Wrongly figure about Pole and shoot weapon (4,3)
23 Susan, accompanied by French friend, makes sausage (6)
25 Around beginning of play, twisted tails and braids (6)
27 Rowers coarse at heart? (4)
29 Container for flowers from Java sealed (4)

Saturday, 29 August 2026

No 14885, Saturday 29 Aug 2026, Hypatia

 ACROSS
1 Anguished cry about president joining American country (6) CYPRUS {CRY*} about{P} +US
4 Complied with rule in charge of measurement system (6) METRIC {MET}{R}{IC}
9 Teacher giving us recognition, chiefly at University (4) GURU {Giving}{Us}{Recognition}{U}
10 Sympathetic hospital section working with debt obligations (10) HARMONIOUS {H}{ARM}{ON}{IOUS}
11 Novel has article about fine emperor (6) ASHOKA {HAS*}{OK}{A}
12 Play game with turn in row (8) ARGUMENT*
13 Hypatia had set clue earlier and had to explain (9) ELUCIDATE {I'D}<=>{CLUE*}+ATE
15 Approve lying about animal close to zoo (4) OKAY {YAK<}<=>{zoO}
16 Prize art regularly gathering support (4) PIER {PrIzE aRt}
17 Spooner's gambler secures mail collector (6,3) LETTER BOX Spoonerism of BETTER LOCKS
21 Advocate flipping cronies in friendly gesture (8) BACKSLAP {BACK}{PALS<}
22 Port city (6) MUSCAT [DD]
24 A wine almost subduing angry, sick and prickly animals (10) ARMADILLOS {A}{ROSe} around {MAD}{ILL}
25 Can't steal? (4) LOOT {LOO}{T} Can't to be separated as CAN+T
26 He believes that he is truthful to some extent (6) THEIST [T]
27 Caught monkeys earning rupees in stunts (6) CAPERS {C}{APE{R}S}

DOWN
1 Crazy old uncle nicking second brief (7) COUNSEL {O+UNCLE}* around {S}
2 Philosopher taking tips from practices learnt usually through observations (5) PLUTO [Acrostic] Pluto or Plato?
3 Ignored in dark ages, Hindus revolted every now and then (7) UNHEARD {DaRk AgEs HiNdUs}<
5 Hug one in trouble? It's all you need (6) ENOUGH*
6 Managed to take one month to recruit oddly keen miracle worker (9) RAINMAKER {RA{I}N}+{MAR}around {KeEn}
7 Relish slice filled by husband with rising desire (7) CHUTNEY {C{H}UT}{YEN<}
 
8 Get help. Let's stop the curse! (5,3,5) BREAK THE SPELL {HELP LET'S*} [RA]
14 What one can do in dating sites to outwit someone? (9) CHECKMATE {CHECK MATE}
16 Pick up hint about artist and kings in language (7) PRAKRIT {TIP<} around {RA}{K}{R}
18 Yet am ashamedly concealing fuss (7) TAMASHA [T]
19 Speakers occasionally sort out patriot from the South (7) ORATORS {SoRt OuT pAtRiOt<}
20 Cash limit unfortunately hit these entitlements (6) CLAIMS {CLAIMS+HIT}*=CASH LIMIT [CA]
23 Loves nuts to crack (5) SOLVE*

REFERENCE LIST
President=P, American=US, Rule=R, In Charge=IC, University=U, Hospital=H, Debt Obligations=IOUs, Article=A, Fine=OK, Caught=C, Rupees=R, Old=O, Second=S, One=1=I, Month=MAR(ch), Husband=H, Artist=RA (Royal Academician), King=K/R.