Sunday, 16 August 2026

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 69, Sunday 16 Aug 2026, Arden

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ACROSS
1   Military orders to tolerate a ridicule (5,2,4)
7   First of all safety - and people undermine it (3)
9   Middle name in a mix up - they provide early life cover (5)
10 Resistance to stop a film on murder - there's no shooting (9)
11 With money, bank becomes more determined (9)
12 The bread winner brings it home... (5)
13 ...and finally when the romantic ruler's getting amorous (7)
15 Defy and force the ruffian (4)
18 Plans over canned meat? (4)
20 Poet follows one as movement is slow (7)
23 Daisy gets a stern warning to stay inside (5) 
24 New wine gets to head, shows unpleasantness (9)
26 Short course on drinking French wine in various regions (9)
27 Come right inside the club (5)
28 Ultimately get to one digit (3)
29 Dawdle around - days wasted finding top vegetable (5-6)

DOWN
1   School can make an impression while growing up (8)
2   Declare the girl is overweight (8)
3   Inside a thing at the end (5)
4   Making fun of a drink with Carol (7)
5   A young man crossed over the border, returned with top officer (7)
6   Oriental shock involving billions - going to China? (9)
7   Partners lie on long grass (6)
8   Praises break up involving a sweetheart (6)
14 Just me with broken Tamil, about average (9)
16 The ruler, having born before '50 is praying (8)
17 Males promise merchandise for a haberdashery (8)
19 Threatened people, one died later (7)
20 Helps musicians to leave Britain (7)
21 Castigate for reviewing some of the corporate practices (6)
22 Set to go out- no time for an underling (6)
25 Tinned fruit picked regularly for a lemur (5)

29 comments:

  1. 5D. Admiral = top officer
    A= a
    Lad= young man , returned is DAL
    Rim= border. Crossed over is reverse= mir
    A{d(mir)al}

    4D. Teasing= making fun

    Tea= drink
    Sing= carol

    9A. Amnia= inner membrane providing cover

    Am= middle name
    In= in. Mix up is ni
    A= a

    Am(ni)a

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  2. 14D: IMPARTIAL (I)(TAMIL*) around (PAR) - Just
    16D: KNEELING (K(NEE)(L)ING) - Praying
    19D: MENACED (MEN)(ACE)(D) - Threatened

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  3. 7Ac SAP - {S(safety) A(nd) P(eople)
    24Ac NASTINESS - {N}{ASTI}{NESS}

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  4. 25Dn INDRI - {tInNeD}{fRuIt} my 3rd

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  5. 28 d toe-digit geT tO onE
    20ac Andante- one An poet -dante.

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  6. 1a. STAND AT EASE. - Military orders
    STAND - Tolerate
    A TEASE. - A ridicule
    6d. EASTBOUND. - Going to China
    E. - Oriental
    ASTOUND - Shock
    B - Billions
    Involving. - insert Ind

    20 a. ANDANTE - Slow movement
    AN - One
    DANTE. - Poet

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  7. In lieu of 20a
    20d. ASSISTS. - Helps
    (-b)ASSISTS - Musicians
    Leave Britain -! Del Ind for B (Britain)

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  8. 2D: declare = announce
    ((Ann)(ounce)
    Sathia

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    1. What is ounce ? Overweight? Or weight over ?

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    2. The girl Ann is over ( above) ounce.

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    3. IMO , over weight is to have been two words

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    4. If it is split, there is no trick. Ardenism is fun. đŸ™‚

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  9. 24A: unpleasantness = nastiness
    ((N)(Asti)(ness))
    Sathia

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  10. 10A - resistance = r, film = mist, murder = ice, a+r+mist+ice = armistice = no shooting.
    11A - money = dough, bank = tier, dough+tier = doughtier = more determined.
    13A finally, wheN thE romantiC ruler = King, n+e+c+king = necking = amorous.
    26A Short course = proces (-s), French wine = vin, pro(vin)ces = régions.
    29 A Dawdle = linger, days wasted as anagram Indicator= adys, Finding top = F, lady's finger = vegetable.

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  11. 29A: vegetable = lady’s finger
    Dawdle is linger
    (Days)*
    Finding top is f
    Hence,((L(adys)(f)infer))
    Sathia

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  12. In lieu of 29A,
    17D: haberdashery = men’s wear
    ((Men)(swear))
    Sathia

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  13. 10 A
    There's no shooting = ARMISTICE
    Resistance = R
    To stop = contrainer ind.
    Film = MIST
    Murder = ICE
    A ( R ) MIST ICE = ARMISTICE

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  14. D15 A
    Ruffian = LOUT
    Defy = Flout = F + Lout

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  15. 18 A
    Canned meat = SPAM
    Plans = MAPS
    OVER = REV. IND.
    Maps <= SPAM

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  16. ILO 10 A
    Daisy = ASTER
    TO STAY INSIDE = ( T )
    A stern = A STER n = ASTER

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  17. 18A- Spam- Maps =<
    Def.- canned meat
    Plans= Maps
    23A- Aster- T
    gets A STERn....
    Def. - Daisy
    8D- Paeans- Praises
    A E in Snap=<
    E - Sweetheart
    Break up- Snap=<

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  18. 7D SNITCH = Grass { partners SN+ long ITCH}
    21D CARPET = castigate {reverse telescopic in corporaTE PRACtices}
    22D STOOGE = underling {SET TO GO -T anagram}

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  19. 27A drive - come
    Right - r
    Club - dive
    Inside- containment ind
    D(r)ive
    21D carpet - castigate
    Corpora(te) (prac) tices
    Reviewing- reverse telescopic
    22D stooge - underling
    Out - anagrind
    No time- (-t)
    (Set (-t)o go)*

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    1. In lieu of 21D
      12A bacon- the bread winner brings it home (DD)

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  20. 1d S(CAN)(DENT) - growing up
    school - S
    can - CAN
    make an impression - DENT

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