IMPERIA |
october-november-december 2019
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c r o s s w o r d
Across
6 Capital of Uganda (7)
7 Ostentatiously lofty in style (7)
9 Former India wicketkeeper Ajay ___ (5)
10 Acknowledges the approbation from
the audience, should we say ? (5,1,3)
11 Furious (2,1,4)
13 Leisurely walk (6)
15 Patronizing (13)
19 Room for manoeuvre (6)
20 Pungent sauce (7)
23 Beginning (9)
24 Santa Claus’ helpers (5)
26 Showing a sense of guilt (7)
27 Santa’s ninth reindeer (7)
Down
1 Leave out (4)
2 His effigy is burnt as part of Dussera
celebrations (6)
3 Neither present nor future,
grammatically speaking ? (4,5)
4 Pampered or fondled (8)
5 Bewilders or flabbergasts ? (10)
6 8 Down is celebrated on the new moon
day which marks the beginning of this
month (6)
7 Acorn bearers (4)
8 The festival of lights (6)
12 Youth (10)
14 Hundredth anniversary (9)
16 Goddess venerated during the Thimithi
festival (8)
17 Santa’s vehicle (6)
18 Soup made with beets (6)
21 Propagates, reproduces or sires (6)
22 Part of a plane (4)
25 Loathsome (4)
Across: 6 Kampala, 7 Orotund, 9 Ratra,
10 Takes a bow, 11 In a rage, 13 Stroll,
15 Condescending, 19 Leeway,
20 Tabasco, 23 Inception, 24 Elves,
26 Hangdog, 27 Rudolph.
Down: 1 Omit, 2 Ravana, 3 Past tense,
4 Cosseted, 5 Dumbfounds, 6 Kartik,
7 Oaks, 8 Diwali, 12 Adolescent,
14 Centenary, 16 Draupadi, 17 Sleigh,
18 Borsch, 21 Breeds, 22 Wing, 25 Vile.
Solution
Contributed by Yazad Dotivala
