The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 67, Sunday 02 Aug 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS

8   Attire available in Amritsar, India (4) SARI [T]

9   Excitedly goes around lecturer and stares lustfully (5) OGLES {OG{L}ES*} 

10 Father leaves Apache in pain (4) ACHE ApaCHE

11 Surplus obtained from old tax (6) EXCESS {EX}{CESS}

12 Snakelike Hopi and I danced (8) OPHIDIAN*

13 Arrange as region is quaking (8) ORGANISE*

15 Wonderland visitor follows maiden displaying spite (6) MALICE {ALICE}<=>{M}

17 Draught animal and stag running around lake left by beginning of October (7) BULLOCK {BU{L}{L}{Oc...r}CK}

19 Silly ass accepts a container to get fruits (7)  SAPOTAS {S{A}{POT}AS*}

22 Before morning, you and I start to buy costly computer accessory (6) WEBCAM {AM}<=>{WE}{Buy}{Co...y}

24 Drains go around street board (4,4) ROAD SIGN*

26 Poem composed about fluttering flag is a big failure (8) MEGAFLOP {ME{FLAG*}OP*}

28 One tailless animal follows another bird (6) BULBUL {BULl}{BULl}

30 European on a street gets direction (4) EAST {E}{A}{ST}

31 Sound made by head of team near small stream (5) TRILL {Team}{RILL}

32 Politician's attempt to consume egg (4) TORY {T{O}RY}

DOWN

1   Mummy getting right cross for political thinker (4) MARX {MA}{R}{X}

2   Twisted wire put during autumn to create protective feature (8) FIREWALL {F{WIRE*}ALL}

3   In France, good saint gives up book for miniature tree (6) BONSAI {BON}{SAInt}

4   Fully finished everywhere (3,4) ALL OVER {ALL}{OVER}

5   Setter swings his mace, resulting in restricted blood supply (8) ISCHEMIA {I}{HIS+MACE}*

6   Cut up sal and another kind of tree (6) SANDAL* 

7   Bird not at home in Rhine area (4) RHEA {RHinE}{A}

14 Love included in mysterious true path (5) ROUTE {R{O}UTE*}

16 Rock in Scotland, rolling cigar (5) CRAIG*

18 Utter, "Totally" (8) COMPLETE [DD]

20 Old student only gets a note: "Outdated" (8) OBSOLETE {OB}{SOLE}{TE}

21 Puzzling scream by police constable carrying that thing back (7) CRYPTIC {CRY}{P{IT<=}C}

23 Unsoiled church seat is broken (6) CHASTE {CH}{SEAT*}

25 Lamb preparation consumed in Alcoholics Anonymous in city (6) AMBALA {A{LAMB*}A}

27 Dash from crashed plane after losing first portion (4) ELAN pLANE*

29 United States captures some foreign and alien spaceships, perhaps (4) UFOS {U{FOr...n}S}

Reference List

Lecturer = L, Father = PA, Old = EX, Maiden = M, Lake = L, Left = L, Morning = AM, European = E, Street = ST, Mummy = MA, Right = R, Cross = X, Autumn = FALL, Good in French = BON, Book = NT(New Testament), At home = IN, Area = A, Old student = OB(Old Boy), Note = TE, Police constable = PC, Church = CH, Alcoholics anonymous = AA

No 14861, Saturday 01 Aug 2026, Pixie Dust

 ACROSS
7 Air bubbles from damaged mobile (6) EMBOLI*
8 Not the first meal with short, sweet punch (8) UPPERCUT {sUPPER}{CUTe}

9 Disreputable persons repeatedly using a fir! (8) RIFFRAFF {A FIR}* [Letter Bank]
10 Independent male left foreign trade (6) IMPORT {I}{M}{PORT}
11 Disgusted Tom Cruise abandoning one user (8) CUSTOMER {TOM CRUiSE}*
12 Grandpa youthfully concealing distribution of money (3,3) PAY OUT [T]
13 Feverish pirate uses soft wipes (6,5) TISSUE PAPER {PIRATE USES P}*
18 High (from the beginning) she heard repetitive, incessant, loud litany (6) SHRILL [Acrostic]
20 Is this type of wooden case destroying aesthetics? (3,5) TEA CHEST {IS+TEA CHEST}*=AESTHETICS [CA]

22 Guard briefly thwarting initial attempt to split the eardrums (6) DEAFEN {DE{Attempt}FENd}
23 Spooner's dignity, lure and interest perhaps? (4,4) BANK RATE Spoonerism of RANK BAIT
24 Naughty Alice smothering mother and Herb (8) CAMOMILE ALICE* around MOM

25 Colfax mopes every now and then for fixes! (6) CLAMPS {CoLfAx MoPeS}

DOWN
1 Wicked rascal acknowledged dues (7) IMPIOUS {IMP}{IOUS}
2 Jerk cycling around often shredded pieces of coloured paper (8) CONFETTI {(+C)TI(-c)} around {OFTEN*}

3 Please //lay down weapons (6) DISARM [DD]
4 Ape a plant? (5-3) SPLIT PEA {APE}* [RA]

5 Stupid doctor, mainly ignorant, pathetic and extremely prickly (6) DRIPPY {DR}{Ignorant}{Pathetic}{PricklY}

6 Nearly upset bowl on top containing copper in the univalent state (7) CUPROUS {ROUSe}<=>{CUP}
8 Notable Battle of Rugen, perhaps (13) UNFORGETTABLE*
14 Resentment carried out without a bit of emotion's amazing! (8) SPLENDID {SPLEeN}{DID}
15 True! The reality is exposing something exquisite! (8) ETHEREAL [T]
16 Backtracking, loathe tailing revolutionary animal (7) CHEETAH {HATE<}<=>{CHE}

17...that is describing very elevated form of element (7) ISOTOPE {I{SO}{TOP}E}
19 Some werewolf nimbly reversing tide (6) INFLOW [T<]
21 Intermittently alarming, fierce bait for Leopard's-Bane! (6) ARNICA {AlaRmiNg fIerCe bAit}

REFERENCE LIST

Independent=I, Male=M, One=1=I, Acknowledged Dues=IOUs, Doctor=Dr., Revolutionary=Che (Guevara), that is=i.e. (id est).