Sunday, 19 April 2026

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 52, Sunday 19 Apr 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Military Engineer Services gets a bit of hessian to make net (4)
9   Traverse spot marker (5)
10 Old coin for Hazare (4)
11 State: "Love actress Patani" (6)
12 Proximity from snares set behind new entrance at last (8)
13 Run away to marry, following six footer and beast (8)
15 Girl and European aristocrat disembark (3,3)
17 Nurse is transferred for commencement of day (7)
19 Surprise! Leading actor let off! (7)
22 Australian river colour (6)
24 I ogle Sue excitedly and praise (8)
26 Friend captures steed running around supporting column (8)
28 European having sex appeal is civil (6)
30 Sounds from rooms over stables (4)
31 Language used in Barbados cantonment (5)
32 Kind of bag little one gets at end of passage (4)

DOWN
1   He had consumed a top (4)
2   Wrongly crushes a hunter (8)
3   Oscar and Charlie returned tax on old size of paper (6)
4   Moment before starting slipping of satellite beneath horizon (7)
5   Spanish vehicle brought item of French cuisine (8)
6   Disney accepts Greek letter and edible item (6)
7   Finishes goals (4)
14 Pleasant Island urn broken! Contains gold! (5)
16 Flies modified document holders (5)
18 British permit prohibition for Americans (8)
20 Control extraordinary urge by concocting tale (8)
21 Poison made from a bit of hair under edge of dress (7)
23 After Brig. leaves, aubergines spoilt resulting in discomfort (6)
25 Wolfish student is at university... next to coniferous tree (6)
27 Fencing equipment found in sheep entrails rejected (4)
29 Bird with love for Yugoslav leader (4)

33 comments:

  1. 11A. Odisha= state
    O= love
    Disha= Disha patani ( actress), called Disha too
    My first

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  2. 22A. Auburn= colour
    Au= australian
    Burn= river

    My second

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  3. 13A: ANTELOPE (ANT)(ELOPE) - Beast
    15A: GET OFF (G)(TOFF) - Disembark
    26A: PEDESTAL (P(STEED*)AL) - Supporting column

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  4. 13A. Antelope= Beast
    Ant= six- footer .(Ants are called "six-footers" because they are insects with six legs, all attached to their middle body section )
    Elope= run away
    My third

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  5. 14D. Replacement for13A
    Nauru= pleasant island
    Urn broken is anagrind= nru
    Au= gold
    Contains is containment indicator
    N(au)ru
    (Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is a tiny Micronesian island nation in the central Pacific Ocean, 42 km south of the equator)

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  6. 17A:sunrise=commencement of day
    {(nurse)(is)}*

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  7. 15A:get off=disembark
    girl(g), european(e), aristocrat(toff)
    (g)(e)(toff)

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  8. 24A:eulogised=praise
    {(i)(ogle)(sue)*

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  9. 12A- Nearness- Proximity- N E (arness)*
    Arness- (Snares)* Set is Anind

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  10. 14D- Nauru- Island- N(Au)ru
    Urn broken- (Nru)*, Gold- Au
    Is it a Pleasant island? Will have to check.

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    1. Yes, Google says the British captain who spotted it called it a Pleasant island.

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    2. Sir you may try one more as Nauru has been done

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  11. Thank you.
    21S- Hemlock- Poison- Hem locked
    Edge of dress- Hem
    A bit of hair- Lock

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  12. 2 d chasseur -hunter crushes a*
    3 dn octavo-paper size. O oscar c charlie tax -vat < o old oc tav o..
    5 dn escargot -french cuisine.
    es Spanish car- vehicle got-brought
    es car got.

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  13. 19ac startle star(leading actor) (let) *
    28ac polite police(it) e
    27dn epee reverse (T)

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  14. Replies
    1. Please give the def. also. It is very important.
      eg. 28A- Civil

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  15. 1a MESH=net
    (M)ilitary (E)ngineer (S)ervices+
    a bit of (H)essian
    2a CROSS (dd)
    Traverse, spot marker ×
    3a ANNA =old coin
    ANNA hazare, the source

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  16. Typo:please read 8a, 9a, 10 a instead 1a,2a, & 3a

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  18. My 3rd
    25Dn LUPINE - {L}{{U}{PINE}

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  19. 31A: language= Oscan
    BarbadOS CAN tonement
    32A: kind of bag= tote
    ((Tot)e)
    16D: document holders = files
    (Flies)*
    Sathia

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  20. 20D REGULATE - control - (urge)*(tale)*
    18D SANCTION - dd (British permit) (prohibition for Americans)

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  21. 23 D Unease- discomfort
    {aubergines - (brig)}*
    Leaves- deletion ind
    Spoilt- anagrind
    1 D Head - top
    He had- he’d
    Consumed- containment ind
    He(a)d
    4 D moonset- moment …. Horizon (DD)

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    1. 4D alternatively
      Moment- Mo
      Starting- Onset
      Satellite- moon
      Mo(onset)- slipping of satellite beneath horizon

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  22. My first was Traverse spot marker (5)
    CROSS

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  23. Most difficult was Language used in Barbad(os can)tonment (5)
    OSCAN which is more of a software than a language

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    1. Oscan is an extinct Indo-European language of southern Italy.
      This is what wiki says. Probably this name was adopted for computer language/ software.

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  24. 6
    Disney accepts Greek letter and edible item (6)
    WAL(NU)T i.e walt and nu

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