Crossword for Monday 21 September 2026

Across

1. 1. Mount ___, the only hill station in the hot state
2. 4. Hit Kannada film set in gold fields its name abbreviates
3. 7. Convent resident
4. 8. abbr. Indian cricket's biggest money spinner, probably
5. 9. Everyone or everything
6. 10. ___ of the land
7. 11. 1857 Rebellion's initiator, say
8. 13. (Hindi) In-law; or spelled this way, a breath
9. 14. abbr. Issuer of all notes in your wallet, except one
10. 17. BFF to all star kids
11. 18. Uncut version of a breakfast item
12. 19. Permissions in everyday use, restrictions in official use
13. 21. Big ____ to fill
14. 22. Word before job or meg

Down

1. 1. De Armas of Ballerina
2. 2. Queen frontman, originally
3. 3. Breaks away from habits acquired from earlier knowledge
4. 4. Unit used by the street-side vegetable vendor when quoting rates
5. 5. Google's UPI interface
6. 6. Use an airplane
7. 12. Mentally prepare for a difficult task (with up)
8. 13. Save us!
9. 14. A bird's place of rest
10. 15. For firecrackers, Pollution Board imposes, Supreme Court relaxes, year after year
11. 16. No ___ and buts!
12. 18. In ____ of
13. 20. A 1000 4Ds