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)

10 One article about sanction of sportsperson (7)

11 Work in out-patient and emergency room's threatening essentially (7)

12 Imaginary line almost unchanging touching a hill (7)

13 Evaluated dates & time roughly (9)

15 Man should earn name, bit of conviction and fame ultimately therefore (5)

16 Removed unwanted stuff of bent conservative moving ahead (7)

19 Think right. Change course if leader is absent (7)

20 Between Angstrom and Gauss, first Maxwell, Ohm and Newton interfere (5)

21 Somehow rein lust; good for ending (9)

25 Small present, guy gets an anthropomorphic sculpture (7)

26 Animal has corona, affected by canine bite (7)

28 One day, at close son brought comrades (7)

29 Golden dish displaced at Deccan, say (7)

DOWN

1   Reign or embarrassment, hiding neglect (6)

2   Did not own, not in the borders (6)

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

4   Not odd to clear exam; current (6)

5   Schedule auditor to advance a roster initially (8)

6   Contemplative, however over time gets mostly thorough (10)

7   Punishment communicated, therefore should be decapitated (8)

8   Most cheerful man retires, gets drunk (8)

14 Male worker detains mature people from board (10)

16 Order a female in exquisite clothes (8)

17 Financial cyber fraud, over millions in cash taken first (8)

18 In depth, river snakes hide at night (8)

22 Intricate, crisp take to begin with in the screenplay (6)

23 Pressed to feed in parts (6)

24 Mastermind has facts on America blocking India (6)

27 Mud has carbon deposit (4)

No 14795, Saturday 16 May 2026, Hypatia

 ACROSS
7 Get rid of letters from index term in a textbook (11) EXTERMINATE [T]
8 Lot's spoken for a little limelight (3) LUX {~LUCK'S}
10 Deep // sea fish (4) BASS [DD]
11 Old-time secretary rearranging notes (5) STENO*
12 Local returning before India's spring harvest (4) RABI {BAR<}{I}
13 Entrances to historical and majestic pillars in heritage site (5) HAMPI [Acrostic]

15 Extremely envious incident framing one charged for spying (9) ESPIONAGE {EnviouS}{P{ION}AGE}

16 Checks for auditor's rules (6) REIGNS {~REINS}
18 I hated trips in Middle Eastern airline (6) ETIHAD*

21 What one gets from eating garlic in the bar (3,6) BAD BREATH {THE BAR*} [RA]
23 Husband overwhelmed by duty in mating game? (5) CHESS {C{H}ESS}
25 Starts to question UN about Yemeni port (4) QUAY [Acrostic]
26 Father wearing cool fashion brand (5) PRADA {P{RAD}A}

27 Replace stews without exotic eel or fish (4) CARP {RePlACe*}
28 Fine tips from embroidered Zari in Moroccan hat (3) FEZ {F}{Embroidered}{Zari}

29 Actor's pass with a hint of romance in dreary kiss (7,4) GREGORY PECK {GRE{GO}{Romance}Y}{PECK}

DOWN

1 Old accountant on vacation, initially had food - mine! (8) EXCAVATE {EX}{CA}{Vacation}{ATE}
2 Space between hospital sheets, ultimately in layers (4) HENS {H}{EN}{sheetS}
3 Cheer up in the morning with milk (5) AMUSE {AM}{USE}
4 Topical jingle that's upside down (7) INVERSE {IN}{VERSE}
5 Drug in operation used to release oxygen (8) ATROPINE {OPERATIoN*}

6 Spooner asking tramp to embrace fraud (6) HUMBUG {Spoonerism of BUM HUG}
9 Prohibit course covering resistance wave (8) BRANDISH {B{R}AN}{DISH}
14 Ordinary request put up in outlays for attendants (8) PAGEBOYS {O BEG}< in {PAYS}
17 Cleaners in school with those in tears (8) SWEEPERS {S}{WEEPERS}
19 Conceptual// outline (8) ABSTRACT [DD]
20 Doctor gets to drink poured rum (7) STRANGE {GETS*} around {RAN=poured}
22 Discrimination shown in cinema cum entertainment (6) ACUMEN [T]
24 Say, Omani upset about bit of jeera in millet (5) BAJRA {ARAB<} around {Jeera}

27 Penny cuddled by shy ape (4) COPY {CO{P}Y}

Reference List

India=I, Husband=H, Fine=F, Old=Ex, Accountant=CA (Chartered Accountant), Space=EN, Hospital=H, Morning=AM, Oxygen=O, Resistance=R, Ordinary=O, School=S, Penny=P.