Crossword for Friday 28 August 2026

Across

1. 1. What birds do with their wings to fly
2. 5. Don't play the _____ game! (Admonishment to someone not owing up their mistake)
3. 6. The greatest possible degree of something
4. 7. The Hindi name for the hard seed of a particular palm tree, usually eaten with the leaf of a vine that shares its name
5. 8. ____ and you miss it
6. 10. (Hindi slang) What Indian examinations are believed to encourage in learners as a style of learning
7. 11. A popular mosquito repellent with a black and yellow logo
8. 14. A ride-hailing app
9. 15. A cockroach
10. 17. A 2019 movie from the YRF Spy universe
11. 18. Indian basil
12. 19. Being of the age 13 through 19

Down

1. 1. Bansals' answer to Bezos
2. 2. Dalai ___
3. 3. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
4. 4. (Hindi slang) One lakh
5. 5. Rolled in leaf instead of paper
6. 7. Ravi Shankar's strings
7. 8. The part of the face above the eyes
8. 9. Someone who doesn't want to hear what you have to say might repeat this word over and over with fingers in their ears
9. 11. ____-Bopp, a comet that remained visible unaided for a record 569 days in 1997
10. 12. A private national level board of school education in India (abbreviation)
11. 13. On ____ ice
12. 16. What an umpire means when he points atthe sky