Special, Sunday 05 Jul 2026, K Koteswar Rao

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The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 63, Sunday 05 Jul 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Perhaps, Christian boy with a drink? (4) BALE {B}{ALE}

9   A tub that is damaged and having a hole in it? This vessel may be underwater... (1-4) U-BOAT {A+TUB}* over {O}

10 Times editor, at first, is surrounded by swirling gas (4) AGES {AG{Ed...r}S*}

11 Fox appearing in The Day of the Jackal (6) EDWARD [GK] Lovely movie

12 Communist, having kidnapped a pretty girl, mutinied (8) REBELLED {RE{BELLE}D}

13 Decrease from the moons orbiting (8) SMOOTHEN*

15 Nero dances in front of engineer getting dress (6) ENROBE {NERO}*{BE}

17 Type of gland, perhaps, having real DNA mutation (7) ADRENAL*

19 Tan sari manufactured for empress (7) TSARINA*

22 Entertains American with US bridge players (6) AMUSES {AM}{US}{E}{S}

24 Put off excited toffs carrying Greek letter and going around university (5,3) SNUFF OUT {TOFFS}* over {NU} and {U}

26 Nothing left, okay? (3,5) ALL RIGHT [DD]

28 Noise by Indiana man to be married in part of house (Continued in 32 Across) (6,4) DINING ROOM {DIN}{IN}{GROOM} 

30 Joint from shank needed (4) KNEE [T]

31 Silly in an exhibition at first (5) INANE {IN}{AN}{Ex...n}

32 See 28(4)

DOWN

1   Musical group from Porbandar (4) BAND [HIPS]

2   Insane demon ate worm (8) NEMATODE*

3   Turning up at end of hour, had returned veil (6) PURDAH {UP<=}{houR}{HAD<=}

4   Badly ignore German air chief during WW2 (7) GOERING {IGNORE}*{G}

5   Best bars moulded for assailants using sharp instruments (8) STABBERS*

6   Mariner from small oil tanker leaving Kent and sailing (6) SAILOR {S}{OIL+tAnkeR}*

7   Manufactured cashmere without scam at this place (4) HERE casHmERE

14 Lady remains unchanged on retirement (5) MADAM<=>

16 Wrap turban in absence of right African people (5) BANTU TUrBAN*

18 Spears animal in front of drunken sage around one (8) ASSEGAIS {ASS}{EGA{1}S*}

20 About financial penalty on railway for oil processing unit (8) REFINERY {RE}{FINE}{RY}

21 Smoker's accessory from trash thrown by a Yankee (7) ASHTRAY {TRASH*}{A}{Y}

23 Della in Mason books and Baker in Holmes stories (6) STREET [DD/GK]

25 Perhaps, what Dracula does... briefs, for example... (6) UNDIES [DD]

27 What uncle did with money in period before Easter? (4) LENT [DD]

29 Either way, it's middle of the day (4) NOON<=>

Reference List

Boy = B, Engineer = BE, American = AM, Bridge players = E(ast), S(outh), University = U, German = G, Small = S, Right = R, About = RE, Railway = RY