The Hindu Sunday crossword no. 36

Across 8 Festive event in Nagaland (4) 9/10 Portable weapons? They are not really useful to T.rex (5,4) 11 Renews road surface and passes on (6) 12 Wildly rode into settlement and demolished (4,4) 13 Arranged parts with each groom (8) 15 Nurses accepting setter’s disease (6) 17 Revealed ox speed was wrongly stated (7) 1 9 Alleged, “Medical is botched up” (7) 22 Go with Cortes on tour (6) 24 Start part of play that is about tax (8) 26 A piece of legislation about commencement of indigenous repair covers Royal Air Force planes (8) 28 Accident is initially highlighted in diagrammatic representation of a location (6) 30 Mark’s comrades leaving demo running away (4) 31 Usage charges cover right to trouble (5) 32 Atop church at one time (4) Down 1 Romantic outing in Nalgonda, Telangana (4) 2 Maiden leaves loveless Ramgoolam crazy when going round a Trump resort (3-1-4) 3 Fully consumes unusually small energy source under pressure, for starters (4,2) 4 Artillery unit’s source of electricity (7) 5 Pastoral caller, perhaps, is around 99 (8) 6 Large viper gets climbing aid (6) 7 Some men exhibit warheads at first... Duck! (4) 14 State taxes revised (5) 16 Pick the Spanish court for covering last case (5) 18 Pulls out old pamphlets (8) 20 Attack extraordinary North American vision (8) 21 Attends to Sherlock’s doctor around one (5,2) 23 Old Charlie’s endless curse happens (6) 25 Acrobat leaves redhead in fall (6) 27 Short distance in Winchester (4) 29 Car damaged hospital’s curved structure (4) Published - December 26, 2025 06:02 pm IST

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