Across8 Perhaps, Christian boy with a drink? (4)9 A tub that is damaged and having a hole in it? This vessel may be underwater... (1-4)10 Times editor, at first, is surrounded by swirling gas (4)11 Fox appearing in The Day of the Jackal (6)12 Communist, having kidnapped a pretty girl, mutinied (8)13 Decrease from the moons orbiting (8)15 Nero dances in front of engineer getting dress (6)17 Type of gland, perhaps, having real DNA mutation (7)19 Tan sari manufactured for empress (7)22 Entertains American with US bridge players (6)24 Put off excited toffs carrying Greek letter and going around university (5,3)26 Nothing left, okay? (3,5)28/32 Noise by Indiana man to be married in part of house (6,4)30 Joint from shank needed (4)31 Silly in an exhibition at first (5)32 See 28Down1 Musical group from Porbandar (4)2 Insane demon ate worm (8)3 Turning up at end of hour, had returned veil (6)4 Badly ignore German air chief during WW2 (7)5 Best bars moulded for assailants using sharp instruments (8)6 Mariner from small oil tanker leaving Kent and sailing (6)7 Manufactured cashmere without scam at this place (4)14 Lady remains unchanged on retirement (5)16 Wrap turban in absence of right African people (5)18 Spears animal in front of drunken sage around one (8)20 About financial penalty on railway for oil processing unit (8)21 Smoker’s accessory from trash thrown by a Yankee (7)23 Della in Mason books and Baker in Holmes stories (6)25 Perhaps, what Dracula does... briefs, for example... (6)27 What uncle did with money in period before Easter? (4)29 Either way, it’s middle of the day (4) Published - July 02, 2026 02:54 pm IST