Special, Sunday 22 Mar 2026, IIT (M) Open Final, Ramki Krishnan

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Special, Sunday 05 Jan 2025, IXL-2024, Onstage Final 2, Dr. X

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Special, Sunday 29 Dec 2024, IXL-2024 Onstage Final 1, Avtaar

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Special, Tuesday 16 Jan 24, IXL 2023 Onstage Finals 2, Dr. X

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Special, Sunday 14 Jan 2024, IXL 23 Onstage Finals 1, Avtaar

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Special, Monday 16 Jan 2023, IXL 2022 Onstage Final 2, Gussalufz

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Special, Sunday 15 Jan 2023, IXL 2022 Onstage Final 1, Dr. X

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Special, Sunday 05 Jan 2020, IXL-19 Onstage Final 2

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ACROSS
1   Heartily flirt with female in sophisticated group (8)
5   Troubles given by unionist groups grabbing power (6)
10 Really adroit to tackle a Conservative starting to oppose (2, 5)
11 Dangers crossing one ridge at eastern border in trek (7)
12 Gambolled right after spilling a drink (5)
13 Money can possibly lead to immorality in end (9)
14 Locate fellow involved in kickback and corruption (12)
18 Behave inappropriately! It's what marathon runners want to do? (5, 3, 4)
21 Faints in destitution, overwhelmed by struggles (9)
23 One on cocaine in trip recollects experience (5)
24 Old, largely inflexible husband is someone who refuses to face reality (7)
25 Plain sandwiches, a slice of cheese and ham (7)
26 Farmer's tool is small and unreliable, not fine (6)
27 Perfectly clean, unlike leopards (8)

DOWN
1   Hug for maiden caught in mess (6)
2   A hint to tackle strong fellow in fight (6)
3   They ease cuts, used around parks essentially (9)
4   Struggled to retain authority at Centre with party backing out - something to ponder (4, 3, 7)
6   Prince gets rid of leading scribe - assassinated undeniably (5)
7   Uncensored clip shot in retreat (8)
8   Preparing deceptive operation to trap slippery character (8)
9   Pay for manipulating polls! Foe starting to win outright (2, 3, 4, 5)
15 Fearless criminal right outside hideout (9)
16 Indecent model knocked out in terribly crass bout (8)
17 Reclusive male on wine gets a little chatty (8)
19 Remove rubbish put in ocean endlessly (6)
20 Without new evidence, revolting scoundrel arrested is free (6)
22 Shrimplike creatures from river kept in ice (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at IXL-19 FINAL 2

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Special, Sunday 29 Dec 2019, IXL-19 Onstage Final 1

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ACROSS
1   Slogan, essentially Russian, about initiation of transparency (8)
5   Wants good husband, reliable and sound (6)
10 Rumours of gangster concealed in lodge going around (5)
11 Splashing rum, one scoundrel interrupts - it's over the line (9)
12 Image in phone card, easy to store (9)
13 Give cry of pain after result (5)
14 Love website taking new shape (6)
15 No energy? Eat sushi perhaps - it’s Japanese therapy (7)
18 French officer in flat, consuming ecstasy with endless excitement (7)
20 Precious safe contains a bit of treasure and money (6)
22 Runner smuggling ecstasy by ferry ultimately becomes rich (5)
24 Cricket stroke lacks a bit of control - work very hard (9)
25 Start to evaluate a boy crushed by defeat and come to a logical conclusion (6, 3)
26 Soldiers complain about device (5)
27 Risk accepting petition for case (6)
28 Uses no strong ointments (8)

DOWN
1   Escape punishment say, backed by upper class person (3, 3)
2   Avoid hot greeting on line - can be distributed (9)
3   I don't want a rhinoplasty! Doesn’t bother me (2, 4, 3, 2, 4)
4   Vice supremo is going downhill (7)
6   Retired group abroad gets ransacked (6, 6, 3)
7   Worried about cold, daughter took measures (5)
8   One laid on the floor in hard fight right aboard boat (5, 3)
9   Forces brats to take English and Latin (6)
16 Student stops liking lecture (7-2)
17 One becoming First Lady, originally sultry barmaid perhaps (5, 3)
19 Lad consumes marijuana? That's right (4-2)
20 Be unfaithful to husband and wear away, overwhelmed by deception (5, 2)
21 Craves to be around fashionable persons (6)
23 Nursemaids start to act embarrassed about concealing a little accident (5)

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Special, Sunday 20 Jan 2019, IXL-18 Final Crossword 2

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ACROSS
1   Father concealing deceit ultimately backs risky speculations (6)
4   Criticize harshly! Shocking to grab single female (7)
8   Summon strike first and run riot (7)
9   Girl with evidence backing dissident (7)
11 Singer, endlessly conceited, lousy in circuit (10)
12 Mountaineers plausibly keep going around mountains (4)
13 Forgetting name, relatives recollect unusual but friendly form of address (5)
14 Largely overindulge devouring a lot, possibly leading to this? (8)
16 Take a bath perhaps and be overtly flirtatious? (3,5)
18 Mockery! Bit unfair on youngster (5)
20 Swimmer beginning to accelerate in concluding event (4)
21 Business associate admits debt is on a massive scale (10)
23 Plans to hide his reckless misadventures (7)
24 Ace by wife captures king, finally making contract (7)
25 Utter...utter radio silence (4,3)
26 Grain given by sailors in barge (6)

DOWN
1   Right to take in student showing talent (5)
2   How poet introduced himself? Shut up! (7)
3   A character chasing girl in skirt! That's nonsense (9)
5   Take away suspicious parcel unopened (5)
6   Top arts centre renovated to stage a past event (7)
7   Shallowness and impertinence by Trump finally breaks illusion (9)
10 Jump to embrace maiden with body that's a stunner (9)
13 What one might do with champagne bottle to delay action? (4,2,3)
15 Possible to disregard old boy crushed by weapon that is thrown (9)
17 Fellow flogged and shot (7)
19 Victory for Republican! Speech gets applause (7)
21 Caught pair cavorting in Italian island (5)
22 Allowed princely leader to change sides (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at IXL 18 Final 2

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Special, Wednesday 16 Jan 2019, IXL-18 Final Crossword 1

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ACROSS
1   Fail to notice mountain route alongside (4,2)
4   Small snake slithers around weapons (6)
9   Commendations will come, once I am settled (7)
10 Rule out more substantial drink (5)
11 Endlessly overlooked essentially fit immigrant (5)
12 Writing includes liberal hint (7)
13 It keeps on talking to get one tug (7,6)
17 Fear over middlemen's lading (7)
19 Just about fifty have aptitude (5)
21 Bug loses right part of body (5)
22 Old vessel held by staff is stout (7)
23 Home for boxer, maybe (6)
24 Sacred section of temple sees negligence of duty in morning (6)

DOWN
1   Player's first critique of teaser (7)
2   'Aw, gee!' Ousting husband is terrible! (5)
3   Disney film raises popular issue in Italy (7)
5   Karakul leaves central farm crazily to find rich farmer (5)
6   Manoeuvring wife away for fishing (7)
7   Released no new timber prop (5)
8   Diversity that is brought into fixed navigator (11)
14 That woman’s relative follows girl in a pickle (7)
15 Ohio females drove, we hear, in domain for 4x4s (3-4)
16 A primarily righteous model developed royal estate (7)
17 Request to obtain fluid early in this container? (5)
18 My incomplete collection of birds (5)
20 A grown-up (5)

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