Crossword for Tuesday 25 August 2026

Across

1. 1. Onsens and hamams are types of these
2. 6. 1977 Amitabh Bachchan - Rekha starrer that failed because it went against Amitabh's then popular angry young man image
3. 7. You can be called one for having high moral character, being brave or just belonging to a royal family
4. 8. Indian sweet with a long-standing and unresolved debate about its origins
5. 11. (Hindi) Many, or daughter-in-law
6. 12. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
7. 13. Chemical substance with pH below 7
8. 15. An ornamental dot worn mainly by women in the Indian sub-continent and some South-East Asian countries as a symbol of wisdom, honour, love and prosperity
9. 16. A useful or valuable quality
10. 17. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck

Down

1. 1. Strike violently
2. 2. Using the voice
3. 3. A set of data arranged in rows and columns
4. 4. Popular cough drops sold in candy-wrapper like packs
5. 5. Express in speech
6. 8. The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
7. 9. Ancient Indian ethical principle of non-injury and non-violence toward all living things
8. 10. Happening without warning or in a short space of time
9. 11. 2002 Tamil move written, produced and lead by Rajnikanth
10. 14. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)