Crossword for Thursday 20 August 2026

Across

1. 1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
2. 4. Of or in or relating to the nose
3. 9. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
4. 10. Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
5. 11. One book of a set, for short
6. 12. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions (past tense)
7. 13. A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
8. 15. Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
9. 16. A small island
10. 20. ___ Tendulkar, hundred international hundreds
11. 22. Any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
12. 25. Connector between this ___ that
13. 26. Used to form the superlative
14. 27. The side of something that is sheltered from the wind
15. 28. Punjabi yogurt cooler, sweet or salted
16. 29. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

Down

1. 1. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God
2. 2. Came about; got up
3. 3. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk (plural)
4. 4. Tandoor-baked flatbread
5. 5. Being or containing an acid
6. 6. A quantity of money
7. 7. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
8. 8. Diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current
9. 14. Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
10. 17. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
11. 18. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
12. 19. Having come or been brought to a conclusion
13. 21. Not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
14. 22. The whole lot
15. 23. A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
16. 24. (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)