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Sunday, 1 November 2026

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 80, Sunday 01 Nov 2026, Bruno

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ACROSS
1   Section of University gets first test (4)
3   Prominent old bishop gets help to recruit a lawyer (10)
9   Actually, the Federal Reserve repealed law on overdraft to begin with (2,5)
11 Record ending in symphony - often called one of three Rs... (7)
12 Yard party with alcoholic drink's about to be joined by man to give new life (8)
13 Louvre has no right to move egg (5)
15 Starving, endured hours in exercises (14)
17 Opening in wall with plaster covering a piece of stone to get breeze - out west (8,6)
21 Awake... about to follow shy animal (5)
22 Ring with stylish cut on girl's top (8)
24 Apply uniform tiles decoratively to cover interior of pit (7)
25 Nerveless soldiers turned up, pulled out crocodile's nuts (3-4)
26 Very small youth took years to go to big city (5-5)
27 Boss' analysis finished early (4)

DOWN
1   Tenderloin's rough and bloody up in the middle (8)
2   One doesn't believe daughter moved all the way south for place of action (7)
4   Amoral earnings can attract demon, perhaps by vices (5,5)
5   Nobleman's gemstone quietly stolen (4)
6   Cleric's problematic situation... (7,6)
7   ... the reason being ecstasy and cocaine abuse, sadly (7)
8   Area surrounded by water said to be a hole (6)
10 Bury city erects building without bar for protection (13)
14 One could be extending out for support shortly at home, overcoming remorse, at heart (10)
16 Bilateral treaty's prologue's broad, covering old Southern dispute's origin (3-5)
18 Not starting crazy relationship spanning months at your convenience (7)
19 Prolong disease after doctor's medications essentially (4,3)
20 Supernatural and lacking volume, with ugly legs and three heads? (6)
23 Main character energy suppressing love now (4)

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21 comments:

  1. D N M Rao1 November 2026 at 07:00

    3Ac OBSERVABLE - {O}{B}{SERV{A}{BL}E}
    1Dn UNDERCUR - {UN{RED<=}CUT}
    10Dn CYBERSECURITY - {BURY CITY EREC(-t)S}*

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  2. Gemini1 November 2026 at 07:02

    9A. De facto=. Actually
    DEF= fed( repealed is reverse) Federal reserve is fed
    Act= law
    O= overdraft to begin with

    My first

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  3. Remy1 November 2026 at 07:02

    27 ac stud-boss analysis-stud-y
    13 ac louvre-r ovule -egg
    15 ac undernourished-starving .
    endured hours in*

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  4. P. Venkatesan1 November 2026 at 07:03

    15A: UNDERNOURISHED (ENDURED+HOURS+IN)*
    17A: CASEMENT WINDOW (C(A)(S..)EMENT)(WIND)(O)(W)
    22A: OUTCLASS (O)(CUT*)(LASS)

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  5. Mandagondi Naresh1 November 2026 at 07:05

    1A, Unit=section (Def.)
    UNIiversity (Uni)+ t(first test)
    Unit

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  6. Gemini1 November 2026 at 07:05

    2D. In field= place of action
    Infidel= one doesn't believe
    Moving daughter to the south is D goes as the last letter

    My second

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  7. Devi Prasad1 November 2026 at 07:05

    1A:unit=section
    university(u) first test(t)
    (uni)(t)
    13A:ovule=egg
    (louvre-r)*
    24A:utilise=apply
    (u)(tiles)*, decoratively=anagrind
    to cover interior of pit(t)
    (u)til(i)se

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    1. Gemini1 November 2026 at 07:08

      I thought university to be NIT. But couldn't accomodate U

      Delete
  8. Gemini1 November 2026 at 07:07

    15 A. Undernourished= starving
    (Endured hours in) Exercises is the anagrind
    My third

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  9. Mandagondi Naresh1 November 2026 at 07:08

    5D, Earl=nobleman(def.)
    Gemstone=pearl, quitely stolen is -p(piano or musical notes)
    So, earl

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  10. Mandagondi Naresh1 November 2026 at 07:12

    23, Here=now(def.)
    Main character=hero
    Hero(-o, love) is her+e(energy)
    So, here.

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  11. H Ramachandran1 November 2026 at 07:21

    7d. BECAUSE. - The reason
    {(ABUSE)(E)(C)}*
    E - Ecstasy
    C - Cicaine
    Sadly. - Anagrind

    16d. TWO SIDED. - Bilateral
    T - Treaty’s prologue
    WIDE. - Broad
    O. - Old
    S, D. - Southern, Disputes’ origins
    Covering - Contain Ind for S and D in Wide

    19d DRAG OUT. - Prolong
    DR - Doctor
    A - medications essentially
    GOUT. - Disease

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    1. H Ramachandran1 November 2026 at 07:25

      16d Pl read Covering- Contain Ind for O andS in Wide; D is added at the end
      T+W+O. S+IDE+D

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  12. P. Venkatesan1 November 2026 at 07:22

    Replacement
    16D: TWO-SIDED (T..(W(O)(S)IDE)(D(-ispute))

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  13. Devi Prasad1 November 2026 at 07:27

    11A:recycle=one of three Rs(reduce, reuse, recycle)
    record(rec), ending in symphony(y), often called(cle), (rec)(y)(cle)

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  14. Devi Prasad1 November 2026 at 07:34

    6D:vicious circle=problematic situation
    vicious=anagrind, (cleric)* (RA)

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  15. Padmanabhan1 November 2026 at 07:44

    21A- Coypu- Animal- Coy (PU<=)
    Shy= Coy, Awake about= Up<=

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  16. Padmanabhan1 November 2026 at 07:47

    27A- Stud- Boss- Stud(y)

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  17. Padmanabhan1 November 2026 at 08:03

    12A- Reembody- New life- REE(M)B<=> OD Y
    About reversal indicator for Y (Yard) DO (Party)
    Beer reversed Containing M(Man)

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