Crossword for Sunday 23 August 2026

Across

1. 1. Owns, possesses
2. 4. A branch of the Tai languages
3. 7. An old Whirlpool ad had this word twice followed by “baby”
4. 8. A popular computer magazine in India in the late 90s-early 2000s
5. 9. Your mobile phone is almost useless without this.
6. 10. You count these at the gym
7. 11. Mithun was known for this dance form
8. 14. You can have a bar inside one if you can’t find an actual bar
9. 15. Select by a vote for an office or membership
10. 18. Amitabh ate this to “open up his locked brains”
11. 21. Pizza ___
12. 23. On one occasion
13. 24. Exist, in the plural
14. 25. Mehendi is a kind of one, for the hair
15. 26. Holiday ___, a popular chain of budget hotels

Down

1. 1. Belonging to that man
2. 2. Pinkman tries to dissolve the first kill with White in this
3. 3. One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
4. 4. Most common English word
5. 5. Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
6. 6. Dev___, the biggest hype in IT in the second half of the last decade
7. 8. Ten million, in Indian counting
8. 12. Don’t create a ____ !
9. 13. Kolkata, to some locals
10. 16. Redundant use of this word in the name of a type of latte is the butt of many a joke
11. 17. Change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
12. 18. Signature taken by a courier after handing over a package, for example (abbreviation)
13. 19. Whichever one you like
14. 20. Most heroes have at least one up their sleeves
15. 22. Sachin’s shirt number