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Golu Signals Six · Saturday, 19 September 2026 · Ahhhh!
September 2026
Saturday,
19 September 2026
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Little devils, as the aunties call the whole batting line-up (4)
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Crack in a pane, or in an alibi (4)
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Sleep noisily, as the grown-ups do while the kids play (5)
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Sets of points in a geometry problem (4)
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Mrs D'Souza's, which Pinky's straight six went clean through (6)
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Parked lorry that doubles as long-on (5)
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Wimbledon sport that lends this game its ball (6)
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'I ___ NOT out!' protests the batter (2)
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Operatic solos (5)
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Gentle tap on the back, earned by a tidy over (3)
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Afternoon letters, when the real cricket begins (2)
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Unbending, like the one-tip-one-hand rule (5)
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Roll that turns a soft ball into a skidding missile (4)
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Notes you'd spend in Lisbon (5)
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Like a slower ball that hides its grip (3)
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Kid charging in from the paan-shop end, ball in hand (6)
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Make merry, right up until the glass breaks (5)
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Golu's selectively deaf reply to every appeal against his sister (2)
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Edge of play: the gutter for four, the far gate for six (8)
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'___, who's fetching it?' (2)
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Roadside place to stay (3)
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Gamer's add-on, or a Sixties sharp dresser (3)
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Paid player, unlike anyone in this lane (3)
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Run up on a machine, like a new kurta (3)
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Plant life, down to the tulsi pots on the steps (5)
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___-fi beats for studying (2)
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Unit that makes a Mumbai May bearable, for short (2)
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Set of stumps; here, an empty mango crate (6)
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What Golu signals with both arms, before anyone can argue (5)
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The batter's little brother: the least neutral official in cricket (6)
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Jam-filled treats from the corner bakery (5)
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Quick and lively, like a delivery off hot concrete (5)
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Nobody will give Mrs D'Souza one when she asks who hit it (4)
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'That ___ out!' insists the entire fielding side (2)
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Onlooker, like the chaiwala watching from his stall (6)
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Loves to bits (6)
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Narrow lane, or a catching spot beside the slips (5)
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As well (4)
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Where Mrs D'Souza was napping at a quarter past three (3)
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Eggs in a lab report (3)
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Qualification of the aunty who patches up scraped knees, briefly (2)
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'Westward ___!' (2)