The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 59, Sunday 07 Jun 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Power source in penitentiary (4)

9   Love chasm that is egg shaped (5)

10 Cry at sea, perhaps, in Idaho yacht (4)

11 Plane flying north carrying European (6)

12 Paddy, for example, for Hibernian (8)

13 At 10, Tod is confused... Look after... (6,2)

15 Bantu jumped around end of counter and produced headgear (6)

17 Drop down, from bus reversing, at bank (7)

19 In middle of spilled diesel, blockhead produces eats (7)

22 Excitedly praise Iran of yore (6)

24 A crime orchestrated by an inhabitant of the United States (8)

26 Mad red crone trapped (8)

28 Brags, “Starting to save in vessels” (6)

30 Nero fiddled in city (4)

31 Additional payment on us, boy, in the beginning (5)

32 Clock face laid back (4)

DOWN

1   Over-riding power to change vote (4)

2   Bank lets manufacture warm covers (8)

3   Robbed Theodore after John (6)

4   Head boy rejected can in back-room (7)

5   Acknowledged, “Matt died horribly” (8)

6   One accompanying Bolt is cleaner (6)

7   Adios! Leaving one and returning drink (4)

14 Correct about starting of ceasefire and suspension of hostilities (5)

16 Place to fight in region covering town at last (5)

18 Rant, “Aid biter? That’s silly!” (8)

20 Bandits and groups capturing capital endlessly (8)

21 Young females... they may be bowled by bowlers (7)

23 One, sir, may be an aged person (6)

25 Stamp showing Bond’s boss, I hear, with chief (6)

27 Unlock duck corral (4)

29 RIP... One may drop this on someone’s death... (4)