The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 49, Sunday 29 Mar 2026, Vidwan

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ACROSS

1   You turn vacuous king cunningly into new generation radical reformist (5,4) YOUNG TURK {YOU+TURN+KinG}*

6   Swami goads some comrade (5) AMIGO [T]

9   At start, Kacheris are introducing a right kind of amateur singing (7) KARAOKE {Ka...s}{AR{A}{OK}E}

10 Core of maize peel in cooking broccoli penne (7) CORNCOB {CORNCOB+PEEL+IN}*={BROCCOLI PENNE}

11 Hot thighs model for hot leotards (6) TIGHTS {THIG(+t-h)TS}*

12 US City annoyed by English game (8) LACROSSE {LA}{CROSS}{E}

14 Even now one is a Himalayan mystery (4) YETI {YET}{1}

15 Think again about fraud on team runs (10) RECONSIDER {RE}{CON}{SIDE}{R}

18 Turns to fine pink under threat of sharp edged weapon (10) KNIFEPOINT*

20 Inform on bad and good (4) SING {SIN}{G}

23 Rock groups carried mutinous lad to barren areas in the Wild West (8) BADLANDS {BA{LAD*}NDS}

24 Country singer from India, almost through (6) LATVIA {LATa}{VIA}

26 Use one to regularly conceal plant product (7) TAPIOCA {TAP}{1}{cOnCeAl}

27 English dish, possibly tortoise! (7) RISOTTO {RISOTTO+E}*=TORTOISE [CA]

28 Sir! Bihar's rising right away! (5) SAHIB BIHArS<=

29 Strange to live without functional sense of humour (5,4) FUNNY BONE {FUNNY}{B{ON}E}

DOWN

1   Years! Stupidly take year after year to get to Alaska's cattle! (6,3) YAKETY YAK {Y}{TAKE*}{Y}{Y}{AK} Where is the defintion? Cattle/Yakety Yak?

2   Indian State, conservative and honest (7) UPRIGHT {UP}{RIGHT}

3   Had acquired right to regularly stay unpleasant (6) GROTTY {G{R}OT}{sTaY}

4   Fertilizer is component in agriculture activity (4) UREA [T] Semi&lit

5   One century separated two kings, duo ran struggling to move from place to place (4,6) KICK AROUND {K}{1}{C}{K}{DUO+RAN}*

6   Spooner's naked sprint to paint (8) AIRBRUSH (bare rush to airbrush)

7   Cut love out of decision models (7) INCISED DECISIoN*

8   Sun burnt, dark shaded (5) OMBRE sOMBRE

13 Latter part of Che's land reforms (6,4) SECOND HALF*

16 Procedure to fix married adult part (9) RIGMAROLE {RIG}{M}{A}{ROLE}

17 Bathe and come prepared for great sacrifice (8) HECATOMB {BATHe+COME}* How do we delete one E?

19 Then dip around completely (2,5) IN DEPTH*

21 Foreword about very independent way of fertilisation (2,5) IN VITRO {IN{V}{I}TRO}

22 Waterlogged planet, extremely homely (6) MARSHY {MARS}{Ho..lY}

23 Clubs having hot showers (5) BATHS {BAT{H}S}

25 Bird with right English name (4) WREN Acrostic Letter pick indicator missing

Reference List

Right = OK, Model = T, Hot = H, English = E, About = RE, Runs = R, Good = G, Right = R, Years = Y, Century = C, King = K, Sun = S, Married = M, Adult = A, Very = V, Independent = I

No 14753, Saturday 28 Mar 2026, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Asian national found in Hiawatha Island (4) THAI [T]
9 List out letters in "Magical influence" (5) SPELL [DD]
10 Amounts received in charity is mostly small change (4) ALMS {SMALl}*
11 Endless magic performed by saint results in taint (6) STIGMA {MAGIc}*<=>{ST}
12 That lady with European finished first at this place (4,4) OVER HERE {HER}{E}<=>{OVER}
13 A cadet giving shelter to military officer after releasing model gets award (8) ACCOLADE {A C{COL}ADEt} 
15 Excitedly go over trench (6) GROOVE*
17 Sharpen in front of animal enclosure. It's the best policy! (7) HONESTY {HONE}{STY}
19 Sleeping equipment at end of aisle in ship for writers (7) SCRIBES {CRIB}{aislE} in {SS}
22 At first, unusually large fuse can be of utility (6) USEFUL {Unusually}{L FUSE}*
24 Bury Virginia with initial lover in the meantime (8) INTERVAL {INTER}{VA}{Lover}
26 Wild chatter about Republican becoming governor (8) TETRARCH {CHATTER}* about {R}
28 Require the French pointer (6) NEEDLE {NEED}{LE}

30 Heard, "Take a look. It's a kind of dog, in short" (4) PEKE {~PEEK} Short for Pekinese dog

31 Pertaining to measure of plain surface covered in rare album (5) AREAL [T]
32 Land in the middle of the sea, for example (4) ISLE [CD]

DOWN
1 Note from Pollachi, Tamil Nadu (4) CHIT [T]
2 Mistakenly one "Tring" sound emanating from phone (8) RINGTONE*
3 Territorial Army captures bird for ethnic group from South Africa (6) TSWANA {TA} around {SWAN}

4 Get back and put the lid on again (7) RECOVER {RE-COVER}
5 This type of reaction may translate to ill grace (8) ALLERGIC*
6 Potash transliterated in an Indo-European language (6) PASHTO*
7 Ruler can be seen in the mirror (4) EMIR [T]
14 Chinese operations producing items of food (5) CHOPS {CH}{OPS}
16 Musical instrument in possession of Naveen Andrews (5) VEENA [T]

18 Turnpike made from tall door (4,4) TOLL ROAD*
20 Middle Easterners showing real problem in river (8) ISRAELIS {REAL}* in {ISIS}
21 Her gift? Probably a type of plane... (7) FIGHTER*
23 One-time// student? (6) FORMER [DD]
25 Net rejected by boxer in AP town (6) TENALI {NET<}{ALI}
27 Part of seventeen? That's not odd... (4) EVEN [HIPS]
29 Small Yankee gets flower (4) LILY {LIL}{Y}

Reference List

Saint=St, European=E, Military Officer=Col(colonel), Model=T ( the Ford T model car), Ship=SS(Steamer Ship), Virginia=VA, Republican=R, The French=Le ( The in French language), Territorial Army=TA, Chinese=Ch, Operations=Ops, Boxer=Ali ( Muhammad Ali), Yankee=Y.