Crossword for Wednesday 23 September 2026

Across

1. 1. Yours probably isn't, but the saying goes one is always right
2. 5. (slang) Boring or uninteresting
3. 9. ____ to ____, something we have said at least once to indicate similarity
4. 10. A home with a hexagonal lattice; the 'shared mind' of its residents
5. 11. It carries more pips than any other card in the deck
6. 12. Soothing stuff from fleshy leaves
7. 13. No man is one, but the commercial capital had seven
8. 15. ____ State: complete focus
9. 17. Amount equal to a khoka
10. 18. abbr. Nirav Modi swindled them of 11000 17As
11. 21. Word following oil or camera
12. 22. Address where you can be reached but can't be found
13. 24. abbr. Mark on a helmet or pressure cooker that says it's fit for use
14. 25. Chicken or paneer pieces, sometimes served with a stick through them
15. 26. abbr. The home of the National Stock Exchange in the city referred to in 13A's clue
16. 27. South Indian city known for sabudana production

Down

1. 1. The SLR and Ladybird company
2. 2. It can be rolled or crushed to 'make' a meal
3. 3. abbr. The small to medium ones in MSMEs
4. 4. Tyrant in a hostel, to some
5. 5. Stone, rock and pebble-less region in Gujarat
6. 6. (Hindi) Ram____, the ancient story and the name of the place where it is performed in Delhi
7. 7. A competitor to 1D
8. 8. Listen
9. 14. ____ at my desk, note from a colleague who bought a new car, say
10. 15. Type of check at a mall or airport entry
11. 16. An argument missing this doesn't 'hold water'
12. 17. A whiner's job, a baby's 'hangout'
13. 18. Pakistan Legends, on the scoreboard
14. 19. A panda sprawls on its swish logo in a parody: "I don't wanna"
15. 20. A gunshot in a Doga comic
16. 23. abbr. What Hrithik was to the IMA for a while in Lakshya