Sunday, 8 March 2026

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 46, Sunday 08 Mar 2026, Arden

WOMENS DAY GREETINGS

Artwork by Prasanna
Rangoli by Gowri
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ACROSS
1   A man on either side of police party - the head of state is a polymath (3,2,4,5) MAN OF MANY PARTS {MAN}{OF}{MAN}{PARTY*}{St..e}
10 Calling for service in court (5) CRAFT {C{RAF}T}
11 Record gold - detailed post indicates the rank (9) EPAULETTE {EP}{AU}{LETTEr}
12 Heavy responsibility over lifting the mineral (7) ONEROUS {ON{ORE<=}US}
13 A country taking a leaf (from the top) out of another (7) AUSTRIA AUSTRalIA
14 Exercise concluded finally by the stream (5) DRILL {c...eD}{RILL}
16 Prime adjustment goes into money for carpet (9) REPRIMAND {R{PRIME*}AND}
19 Mustangs take years to train for rapid eye movement (9) NYSTAGMUS {MUSTANGS+Y}*
20 Finally, purge by any other name is still a purge (5) ENEMA {p..gE}{NAME*}
22 Part of government holding is recovered from mint (7) MENTHOL [T]
25 Fish cut and consumed first (7) HADDOCK {DOCK}<=>{HAD}
27 Setter accommodates kennels (3,6) DOG HOUSES {DOG}{HOUSES}
28 Done three times to get rid of husband in an instant (5) TRICE ThRICE
29 Windcheater in turn is part of the fireworks (9,5) CATHERINE WHEEL {CHEATER+IN}*{WHEEL}

DOWN
2   Came with aides to organize schools (9) ACADEMIES {CAME+AIDES}*
3   Best to be not in party (5) OUTDO {OUT}{DO}
4   Married men, to start with, are lost hopelessly in a turmoil (9) MAELSTROM {M}{Men+ARE+LOST}*
5   One of many - a lazy beast in custody (5) NYALA [T]
6   Light inset maybe for a disputed territory (9) PALESTINE {PALE}{INSET*}
7   It turns both ways (5) ROTOR <=> [CD/DBE]
8   Set out for a tie-up with a flight attendant (7) STEWARD {SET*}{DRAW<=}
9   Tender for electric wire (6) ACCORD {AC}{CORD}
15 See them as breaking internal order - it's terrible (9) LOATHSOME {LO}{THEM+AS}* over {O}
17 Spooner's landlord will fix in double quick time (4-5) POST-HASTE (~host paste to post haste)
18 After a study, discover one is part of our DNA (9) ADENOSINE {A}{DEN}{ONE+IS}* 
19 Not late in moving declamation - always on the move (7) NOMADIC DeClaMAtION*
21 A thankless job protecting these joints (6) ANKLES [HIPS]
23 Thing about darkness (5) NIGHT*
24 Health drink for a girl, second time (5) LASSI {LASS}{tIme}
26 Leave the trench (5) DITCH [DD]

Reference List
Court = CT, Record = EP(Extended Play), Years = Y, Husband = H, Party = DO, Married = M, Men = M, See = LO, Order = O

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43 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath8 March 2026 at 07:05

    Special at 4 PM by Veeyares

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  2. AJ8 March 2026 at 07:09

    12a ONEROUS: heavy
    ON( ERO: lifting ore, the mineral)US
    ONUS: responsibility

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    1. AJ8 March 2026 at 07:16

      22a MENTHOL: mint
      govern(MENT HOL)ding

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    2. AJ8 March 2026 at 07:20

      27a DOG HOUSES: kennels
      setter(DOG) accommodates(HOUSES)

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    3. AJ8 March 2026 at 07:46

      Beautiful rangoli by Gowri and artwork by Prasanna

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    4. Sathia8 March 2026 at 08:27

      +1
      Sathia

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    5. Padmanabhan8 March 2026 at 09:08

      +2
      Happy Women's Day to Gowri and all other women setters ( we have quite a few) and solvers!!!!

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  3. Devi Prasad8 March 2026 at 07:22

    2D:academies=schools
    {(came)(aides)}* to organise=anagrind

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  4. Devi Prasad8 March 2026 at 07:29

    4D:maelstrom=turmoil
    married men to start with(mm) (are)
    (lost) hopelessly=anagrind
    {(m)(m)(are)(lost)}*

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  5. Remy8 March 2026 at 07:33

    1 ac man of many parts.polymath
    man on either side of man of man ypart* s-state.
    5 dn nyala-T
    3 dn outdo-best not in-out party-do

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  6. Devi Prasad8 March 2026 at 07:34

    5D:Nyala=beast
    One of maNY A LAzy beast in custody

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  7. Devi Prasad8 March 2026 at 07:44

    23A:Austria=a country
    taking=deletion ind.
    (a) (l)eaf(from the top) out of another
    (Australia)(-al)

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  8. Devi Prasad8 March 2026 at 07:48

    Typo:read as 13A.

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  9. Sathia8 March 2026 at 08:12

    24D:health drink= lassi
    (Lass+i) I is second letter of time
    26D: leave= ditch=trench (DD)
    Sathia

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  10. Sathia8 March 2026 at 08:15

    18D: part of our DNA= adenosine
    (A(den)(osine))
    Study is den
    (One is)* discover is anagram indicator
    Sathia

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  11. H Ramachandran8 March 2026 at 08:27

    8d STEWARD. = Flight attendant
    (SET)*. = STE
    WARD. =. Draw (Tie) Up

    11a. EPAULETTE. = indicates the rank
    EP. =. record
    Au = Gold
    LETTTE. = Letter (post) de-tailed

    16a. REPRIMAND. = Carpet
    EPRIM = (Prime)*
    RAND = Money
    Goes into = Contain Ind
    R+EPRIM+AND

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  12. Vasanthi8 March 2026 at 08:47

    6dn Palestine
    Pale(light) (inset) *
    19dn nomadic (declamation-late) *
    7dn rotor (palindrome)

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  13. Vaishnavi8 March 2026 at 08:50

    25A. HADDOCK (Had + Dock, where "Had" means consumed/ate and "Dock" means to cut.)
    7D. ROTOR (Rotor is a part of machine that rotates/turns, palindrome-turns both ways.)
    23D. NIGHT
    21D. ANKLES(Word is hidden within "thANKLESs.")

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  14. Vaishnavi8 March 2026 at 09:02

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  15. Padmanabhan8 March 2026 at 09:12

    10A- Craft- C(RAF)T- Calling

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  16. Padmanabhan8 March 2026 at 09:15

    19A- Nystagmus- Rapid eye movement
    (Mustangs Y)*
    Years- Y, Train- Anagrind

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  17. Padmanabhan8 March 2026 at 09:18

    20A-Enema- Purge- E (nema)*
    E- Finally purge
    (nema)*- Any other name
    Had a good laugh !!

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  18. D N M Rao8 March 2026 at 09:25

    17Dn POST HASTE ~ HOST PASTE

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  19. D N M Rao8 March 2026 at 09:26

    26Dn DITCH (DD)

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  20. D N M Rao8 March 2026 at 09:32

    15Dn LOATHSOME - {LO}{THEM AS + O}*

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  21. Suresh M S8 March 2026 at 09:54

    9D ACCORD = tender { AC, electric, current + CORD wire}
    14A DRILL = exercise { D, concludeD finally + RILL stream}
    19D NOMADIC = always on the move { DeClaMAtION- LATE amagram}

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  22. Suresh M S8 March 2026 at 09:56

    Very Nice Rangoli and artwork.

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  23. Chandrasekaran Swaminathan8 March 2026 at 09:57

    9 D
    Tender = ACCORD
    Electric = AC
    Wire = CORD
    Tender = AC CORD = ACCORD

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  24. RR8 March 2026 at 10:38

    3d, best = outdo
    To be not in = out
    Party = do

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    1. RR8 March 2026 at 10:40

      Sorry, already posted at 0733.

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    2. Sathia8 March 2026 at 10:44

      Everything is done. Probably You can give annotation for 29A.
      With regards,
      Sathia

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    3. Jacob Brahmakulam8 March 2026 at 10:58

      CATHERINE WHEEL; (CHEATER IN)*<=> WHEEL; wind = wheel; "turn" doing doble duty of anagrind and flip indicator?

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    4. Padmanabhan8 March 2026 at 11:06

      I think wind "Cheater in" with
      Turn= Wheel.
      'Windcheater' to be split into
      wind cheater
      Ardenism!!

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    5. Padmanabhan8 March 2026 at 11:08

      wind to be read as "whind" (!) as in winding something

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    6. Sathia8 March 2026 at 11:12

      Paddy is right.
      Wind is anagram indicator
      (Cheater+in)*
      Turn is wheel
      Hence, (Catherine wheel)
      Sathia

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    7. Jacob Brahmakulam8 March 2026 at 11:19

      +1 for Paddy's anno. wind as anagrind is perfect, so is turn=wheel.

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  25. Ananda Rao Keerty8 March 2026 at 11:02

    1.dn. Academies (schools). Came + aides. And rearranging letters.
    4.dn. Maelstrom. (Turmoil). M(arried) + m(en) + are + lost.and rearranging letters.
    11.ac. Epaulette. ( indicates rank). Ep(record)+au(gold)+ lette(r). Post=letter.

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