The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 50, Sunday 05 Apr 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Bread? That's mine, and accompanied by a bit of anchovy (4) PITA {PIT}{An...y}

9   Hides peels (5) SKINS [DD]

10 Caretaker's mails lost in Himalayas, surprisingly (4) AYAH HimalAYAs*

11 Capital possessed by Shankar Acharya (6) ANKARA [T]

12 See Luke going mad about learner's musical instruments (8) UKELELES {SEE+LUKE}* over {L}

13 Recommend, "Do vacate anyhow" (8) ADVOCATE*

15 Using machine for putting down on paper and mistakenly taping using Yankee instead of American (6) TYPING T(-a+y)YPING

17 Harmful constituent of food animal consumed, taking in a lot at first (7) OXALATE {OX}{A}{Lot}{ATE}

19 Lands in the lakes? (7)  ISLANDS [CD]

22 Cancel north eastern entrance (6) NEGATE {NE}{GATE}

24 Expectorated on university luncheonette assistant initially and started soiling pancake flippers (8) {SPAT}{U}{Lu...e}{As...t}{So...g} 

26 Compose march tune in lounge chair, perhaps (8) ARMCHAIR {MARCH}*{AIR}

28 Except Australian neon gas (6) BUTANE {BUT}{A}{NE}

30 Small piece available in Kanchipuram (4) CHIP [HIPS]

31 Drink first, followed by setter's game (5) RUMMY {RUM}{MY}

32 Queen present in Teheran, Iran (4) RANI [T]

DOWN

1   Make a false statement on new right (4) LIEN {LIE}{N} 

2   Chop sapodilla after removing top part of pulp to make cooking ingredient (5,3) SALAD OIL {SApODILLA}*

3   South African peoples having model with Aswan reconstruction (6) TSWANA {T}{ASWAN*}

4   Time taken to read reports of a meeting (7) MINUTES [DD]

5   A message of distress about most superior material that is harmful (8) ASBESTOS {A}{S{BEST}OS}

6   What the lady did to improve looks to get edam? (4,2) MADE UP [EDAM}* [RA]

7   23 in Kalpetta, Kerala (4) TAKE [T]

14 Die around 9 or 11 for southern part of the US (5) DIXIE {D{IX}IE} or {DI{XI}E}

16 Diana? Could be a Comaneci... (5) NADIA*

18 Books confused Thai user (8) THESAURI*

20 True, lady is excited in extra-marital affair (8) ADULTERY*

21 Has spread butter with a bit of salt in monasteries (7) ASHRAMS {HAS*}{RAM}{Salt}

23 Take small quantity covered with peat mixture (6) ACCEPT {A{CC}EPT*}

25 Sailor accompanies Turkish governor at small monasteries (6) ABBEYS {AB}{BEY}{S}

27 Some leaving Rushmore for German area (4) RUHR RUsHomRe

29 6 doing headstand? (4) NINE (6 to 9) Definition?

Reference List

Learner = L, Yankee = Y, American = A, North Eastern = NE, University = U, Australian = A, New = N, Model = T, Sailor = AB