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The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 56, Sunday 17 May 2026, Afterdark

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ACROSS

9   MGR and Manjula screened a relative (7) GRANDMA [T]

10 One article about sanction of sportsperson (7) ATHLETE {A}{TH{LET}E}

11 Work in out-patient and emergency room's threatening essentially (7) OPERATE {OP}{ER}{t..eATEn..g}

12 Imaginary line almost unchanging touching a hill (7) EQUATOR {EQUAl}{A}{TOR}

13 Evaluated dates & time roughly (9) ESTIMATED*

15 Man should earn name, bit of conviction and fame ultimately therefore (5) HENCE {HE}{N}{Co...n}{famE}

16 Removed unwanted stuff of bent conservative moving ahead (7) CLEANED {LEANED}<=>{C}

19 Think right. Change course if leader is absent (7) REFLECT {R}{dEFLECT}

20 Between Angstrom and Gauss, first Maxwell, Ohm and Newton interfere (5) AMONG {A}{G} over {Ma...l}{Ohm}{N}

21 Somehow rein lust; good for ending (9) RESULTING {REIN+LUST+G}*

25 Small present, guy gets an anthropomorphic sculpture (7) SNOWMAN {S}{NOW}{MAN}

26 Animal has corona, affected by canine bite (7) RACCOON {CORONA}* over {Ca...e}

28 One day, at close son brought comrades (7) FRIENDS {FRI}{END}{S}

29 Golden dish displaced at Deccan, say (7) PLATEAU {AU}<=>{PLATE}

DOWN

1   Reign or embarrassment, hiding neglect (6) IGNORE [T]

2   Did not own, not in the borders (6) HAVENT {HAVE}{NoT}

3   Intention of Oneida not working; to break up (4) IDEA onEIDA*

4   Not odd to clear exam; current (6) LATEST {cLeAr}{TEST}

5   Schedule auditor to advance a roster initially (8) CALENDAR {CA}{LEND}{A}{Ro...r}

6   Contemplative, however over time gets mostly thorough (10) THOUGHTFUL {THOUGH}{T}{FULl}

7   Punishment communicated, therefore should be decapitated (8) SENTENCE {SENT}{hENCE}

8   Most cheerful man retires, gets drunk (8) MERRIEST {M}{RETIRES*}

14 Male worker detains mature people from board (10) MANAGEMENT {M}{AN{AGE}{MEN}T}

16 Order a female in exquisite clothes (8) CLASSIFY {CLASS{1}{F}Y}

17 Financial cyber fraud, over millions in cash taken first (8) ECONOMIC {E CON}{O}{M}{In}{Cash}

18 In depth, river snakes hide at night (8) DARKNESS {D}{R+SNAKES}*

22 Intricate, crisp take to begin with in the screenplay (6) SCRIPT {CRISP}*{Take}

23 Pressed to feed in parts (6) IRONED {IRON}{ED}

24 Mastermind has facts on America blocking India (6) GENIUS {GEN}{US} over {I}

27 Mud has carbon deposit (4) CLAY {C}{LAY}

Reference List

Out-patient = OP< Emergency Room = ER, Name = N, Conservative = C, Right = R, Angstrom = A, Gauss = G, Newton = N, Good = G, Small = S, Son = S, Auditor = CA, Time = T, Man = M, Male = M, Female = F, Over = O, Millions = M, Depth = D, River = R, Fe = IRON, Facts = GEN, India = I, Carbon = C