Crossword for Wednesday 19 August 2026

Across

1. 1. Breaks between overs
2. 4. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
3. 5. Roughly, for short
4. 8. Receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
5. 11. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
6. 12. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
7. 13. Steamed rice cake of southern breakfasts
8. 14. Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
9. 15. Homegrown, not videshi
10. 16. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
11. 19. Someone who doesn't understand what is going on
12. 20. Belonging to it

Down

1. 1. Ola or Paytm, on your phone
2. 2. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
3. 3. A step in walking or running
4. 4. Express in words (plural)
5. 6. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water (plural)
6. 7. The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
7. 8. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
8. 9. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element
9. 10. Festival of lights
10. 13. Not in action or at work
11. 17. A thick flat pad used as a floor covering
12. 18. Printer's measures, each twice an en