Sunday, 12 April 2026

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 51, Sunday 12 Apr 2026, Arden

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ACROSS
1   Day full of ideology leads to unhappiness (6) DISMAY {D{ISM}AY}
4   Perhaps built as to describe new Byzantium (8) ISTANBUL {BUILT+AS}* over {N}
10 Rode an offender? (9) WRONGDOER {RODE}* [RA]
11 Plot takes an odd turn - do follow (5) TRACT {TuRn}{ACT}
12 Desert dweller returned to a legendary town (7) CAMELOT {CAMEL}{TO<=}
13 Cocktail with a neighbour shows Indian spirit (7) KACHINA {cocK}{A}{CHINA}
14 Cherries on icing encapsulate boom, in a way (5) SONIC [T]
15 Working on Goa and a place in New York state (8) ONONDAGA*
18 Boast about friend to intimidate (8) BALLYRAG {B{ALLY}RAG}
20 After a month one returns to take head of clan to the holy city (5) MECCA {M}{AC{Clan}E<=}
23 Church goes over lists to purify the place (7) CLEANSE {C{LEANS}E}
25 Can't Sue become crazy? (7) NUTCASE*
26 Detonated some, back in August (5) NOTED [T<=]
27 Boundaries vital to get to eighty (9) FOURSCORE {FOURS}{CORE}
28 Can a graduate accept mistake? That'll be capital! (8) CANBERRA {CAN}{B{ERR}A}
29 Separate, withstand a scoundrel (6) WEASEL {W}{EASEL}

DOWN
1   Crestfallen to see the feathers being shed (8) DOWNCAST {DOWN}{CAST}
2   Rockstar's quiet with woman, strangely (7) SHOWMAN {SH}{WOMAN*}
3   Cherub-like one calling out to suppress echo (9) ANGELICAL {ANG{E}LICAL*}
5   Allowed to enter wild forest - to work using internal energy is a brainwave (6,2,6) STROKE OF GENIUS {OK} in {FOREST}* and {USING}* over {E}
6   Room at the top for open lattice (5) ATTIC lATTICe
7   Land around a college is invigorating (7) BRACING {BR{A}{C}ING}
8   Dangerous to allow and stop short (6) LETHAL {LET}{HALt}
9   Amateur makes your fielders to spread out (2-2-10) DO-IT-YOURSELFER*
16 Maybe China keeps it in service to block a river (9) DEMITASSE {M{IT}ASS} in {DEE}
17 So long as there is charge on the spa (8) FAREWELL {FARE}{WELL}
19 Authorise inclusion in two articles written in an ancient language (7) AVESTAN {A}{VEST}{AN}
21 Mountain goat found in such a moist place (7) CHAMOIS [T]
22 Popular at home taking care of nice interiors (6) ICONIC {I{CO}N}{nICe}
24 First go in with nothing on showing butt (5) NUDGE {NUD{Go}E}

Reference List
New = N, Month = M, Church = CE, With = W, Stand = EASEL, Quiet = SH, Echo = E, Energy = E, College = C, At home = IN, Care of = CO

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53 comments:

  1. Gemini12 April 2026 at 07:01

    1A. Dismay=unhappiness
    Day= day
    Ism= ideology
    Full of is containment indicator
    D(ism)ay
    My first

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  2. Gemini12 April 2026 at 07:02

    1D. Downcast= crestfallen
    Down= feathers
    Cast= shed
    My second

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  3. Remy12 April 2026 at 07:02

    1 dn Downcast-crestfallen.
    feathers -down shed-cast
    12 ac camelot- camel to<
    23 ac cleanse-purify. church-ce lists-leans c(leans)e

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  4. P. Venkatesan12 April 2026 at 07:03

    28A: CANBERRA (CAN)(B(ERR)A) - Capital
    22D: ICONIC (I(CO)N)((-N)IC(-E)) - Popular
    24D: NUDGE (NUD(G(-O))E) - Butt

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  5. Remy12 April 2026 at 07:04

    Compensating for 1dn.
    28 ac Canberra-capital .
    ba -graduate.
    mistake -err can b(err)a

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  6. Gemini12 April 2026 at 07:04

    12A. Camelot= legendary town
    Camel= desert dweller
    To returned is ot
    Camel+ ot
    ("Camelot is the legendary castle and court of King Arthur in Arthurian legend.")
    My third

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  7. Gemini12 April 2026 at 07:07

    2D. Comp for 12A
    Showman= rockstar
    Sh= quite
    Woman stragely is anagrind = owman
    Sh+ woman

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  8. Devi Prasad12 April 2026 at 07:10

    25A:nutcase=crazy
    (can't sue)*

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  9. Remy12 April 2026 at 07:17

    compensating for 28 ac.
    5 dn stroke of genius-brainwave.
    allowed to-ok forest* using. e* e-energy.
    str(ok)e of genius

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  10. Devi Prasad12 April 2026 at 07:18

    14A:sonic=boom
    cherrieS ON ICing

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  11. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 07:26

    4A, Istanbul
    Built as + t+n(new)
    Istanbul is byzantium empire. Yeats wrote a poem ' Byzantium'.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath12 April 2026 at 07:31

      Incorrect annotation. Your anno gives the answer as BUILTASTN

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    2. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 07:38

      Sorry sir. I mean
      Built+as+ n(new)<=Istanbul

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    3. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 07:45

      Why & how reversal?

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    4. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 07:50

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    5. Deepak Gopinath12 April 2026 at 07:50

      Still not correct

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    6. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 07:52

      Built is , fodder and describe is ann indicator. It is an anagrind.

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    7. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 08:11

      You are needlessly complicating things. It is a simple anagram with 'Perhaps' as anind.
      Rest of it- you have done already.

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  12. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 07:33

    21D, Chamois(7)
    Mountain goat=def
    In suCH A MOISt place(Hideen word)
    Chamois is an alpine goat_antelope(europe native)

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  13. Devi Prasad12 April 2026 at 07:35

    3D:angelical=cherub-like
    one(a) (calling)* out=anagrind to suppress=containment ind., echo(e)
    calling)* containing (e)=(ngelical)
    {(a)(ngelical)}

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  14. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 07:38

    10A- Wrongdoer- An offender- RA - Wrong (Doer)* is Rode

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  15. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 07:47

    27 A, Fourscore= eighty (def)
    Boundaries= four( there are four directions. N E W S) and Vital= score
    Four score is eighty since score is 20.
    4×20=80

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    1. Deepak Gopinath12 April 2026 at 07:51

      Vital is not SCORE

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    2. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 07:58

      Vital is energetic, youthful and active. 20 is the age, of such active, vital part of life.
      Noun ("Vitals"): The body's internal organs that are essential to life.
      So, I took it in thag sense.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath12 April 2026 at 08:01

      Incorrect

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    4. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 08:02

      How can 'Boundaries' (Plural) be just four?

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    5. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 08:15

      As you know, Boundaries, in cricket mean four.
      Curiously, in medical, there are Four Primary Vitals: Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood Pressure.

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    6. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 08:21

      Simple. Boundaries= Fours. We are watching a lot of cricket!!!

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    7. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 08:27

      Ok, how to get twenty, to make it eighty?
      Vital , how it refers?

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    8. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 08:47

      Fours core.
      Fourscore is 4x20=80 (twenty= score) Vital= Core

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  16. Mandagondi Naresh12 April 2026 at 07:49

    Addendum:
    27A, Fourscore is an archaic expression.
    Just remembered Gettsyberg speech of Lincoln !

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  17. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 07:50

    6D- Attic- Room at the top- Open Lattice is without start or ending. l(ATTIC)e

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  18. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 07:52

    My 3rd-
    8D- Lethal- Dangerous
    Allow- Let, Stop short= Halt- T

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  19. Vasanthi12 April 2026 at 08:13

    23ac cleanse c(leans)e
    28ac canberra canb(err)a
    6dn attic l(attic) e

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  20. Sathia12 April 2026 at 08:15

    20A: holy city = Mecca
    One is ace <
    Head of clan is c
    Take containment indicator
    Month is m
    Hence, ( m(e(c)ca)
    26A: August = noted
    Some of DETONated back reversal indicator
    Hence, Noted
    Sathia

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  21. Sathia12 April 2026 at 08:22

    18A: intimidate = ballyrag
    (B(ally)rag)
    Sathia

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  22. Dr Hareendranath12 April 2026 at 08:49

    11a TRACT=plot
    oddTuRn=TR
    ACT=do, follow

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  23. Dr Hareendranath12 April 2026 at 08:55

    15a ONONDAGA=place in New York
    working (ON+GOA+AND)*

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  24. Dr Hareendranath12 April 2026 at 09:05

    16 d DEMITASSE =may be China=cup
    keeps IT in service=MASS
    MITASS
    blocks river DEE
    DE(MITASS)E

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  25. D N M Rao12 April 2026 at 09:25

    19Ac AVESTAN - {A{VEST}AN}

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  26. D N M Rao12 April 2026 at 09:26

    17Dn FAREWELL - {FARE}{WELL}

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  27. H Ramachandran12 April 2026 at 09:27

    9d. DO IT YOURSELFER. - Amateur
    (YOUR FIRLDERS TO)*
    To spread out Anind

    13 a. KACHINA. - Indian spirit
    K. - Tail of cocK
    A
    CHINA. - Neighbour

    7d. BRACING. - Invigorating
    BRING. - Land
    A
    C - College
    Around. - Contain ind

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  28. D N M Rao12 April 2026 at 09:46

    My 3rd
    29Ac WEASEL - {W}{{EASEL}

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  29. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 10:13

    Why 'Separate'? It should be explained.

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  30. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 13:25

    OK

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  31. Sriku12 April 2026 at 16:33

    Loved 29A. Quick question on 23A.. how is LEANS = LISTS?

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  32. Padmanabhan12 April 2026 at 16:48

    Both mean tilt

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  33. Gowri12 April 2026 at 21:59

    Many typical Arden clues and aha moments.
    My fav
    WEASEL,.WRONGDOER, ICONIC, LETHAL.
    Thabx!

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