Crossword for Monday 7 September 2026

Across

1. 1. Oft-used adjective in cricket for a strong performance by a batter
2. 7. A wide tree-lined street, or if split, where the street could take you
3. 8. Ends timidly, with out
4. 9. The result of too many voices speaking loudly at the same time
5. 10. Combined with a number, aspirational whisky for a 2000s college-goer
6. 11. Fight Club fighter, F1 driver
7. 13. Checks thoroughly
8. 14. (Hindi) Common
9. 15. Rotator on a ceiling
10. 16. Undergarment for toddlers and some long distance fighter pilots
11. 18. Open-to-air space surrounded by a building
12. 19. (Hindi slang) Oft-heard term for an adolescent boy

Down

1. 1. Done or occurring in a brief period of time
2. 2. The O in OTG
3. 3. (Hinglish) "___ lagaega?", oft-heard line on a school playground
4. 4. How a line drawn to represent performances of 13D's movies would look
5. 5. Diamond City
6. 6. A suite of ____
7. 9. Hourglass-shaped percussion instrument played single-handed
8. 11. Bobby Deol starrer from 2000
9. 12. (Hindi) Chopped vegetables in seasoned curd, sometimes with boondi
10. 13. Ram Gopal ___
11. 15. Shah Rukh and Salman had a famous one
12. 17. Follows clothes or safety