The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 60, Sunday 14 Jun 2026

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ACROSS
1 Son going back to hug female near stream gets plain vanilla, perhaps (2-6)
5 Adult movies edited in absence of European author (6)
10 Fight for a piece (5)
11 Showed the ibex running around one near end of field (9)
12 Insect was returning next to zipper (6)
13 Malicious elf is put adrift (8)
15 Impromptu commencement of dance in Bali is funny (2-3)
17 Silly to cover mummy... It's not literal! (9)
19 Will try a setter by the book (9)
20 Weight, perhaps, of article in vehicle (5)
21 Cocks rifle at first, placing on damaged rests after a couple of rounds (8)
23 Remaining ones having troubled rest around hospital behind job centre (6)
27 Place to keep papers from short court proceeding (9)
28 Bird starting to die in rush (5)
29 Signs up travelling salespersons without passes (6)
30 Tape container that may be obtained from test case (8)

DOWN
1 Where birds may reside in greenest surroundings... (5)
2 Goodbyes were wrongly included in autumn speech at first (9)
3 Drive tortuous mile around front of palace (5)
4 Fibbed, "There's a note in the cover" (4)
6 Excitedly I combust a quark like particle, for example (9)
7 Wrongly omit female's dominant theme (5)
8 Cite devil wrongly, to wit (9)
9 Without it, pilot shifts awkwardly and takes without paying (9)
14 Plumber's unachievable vision (4,5)
15 American-Indian actor is at Elba resort and can be changed (9)
16 Pretty futile arrangement by boy to collect gold (9)
18 Happened to be evicted (6,3)
22 Shaped Rosie's willow (5)
24 Check Mark's parasites (5)
25 Grass like plant contained in processed gels (5)
26 Letter from Druze tablet (4)