nitro turns 50

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Across
  1. 5. City associated with projects, not weather
  2. 9. Language name rendered with regional affection
  3. 10. Royal title that became a shared screen memory
  4. 12. Song where moonlight does most of the talking
  5. 13. Institute remembered as much for companionship as coursework
  6. 14. Conversational outcome instinctively secured
  7. 19. Cochin institution where talk outlasted refreshments
  8. 20. Rangeela connection that extended beyond the screen
  9. 22. Academic term gently altered by adolescent imagination
  10. 24. Chemically speaking, a source of laughter
  11. 25. What his nickname literally points to
  12. 26. where fluid dynamics stopped being theoretical
Down
  1. 1. Film whose spirit once occupied a hostel wall
  2. 2. Surname that travelled effortlessly across languages
  3. 3. Student collective remembered for creativity over conformity
  4. 4. Activity where coordination mattered more than cue sheets
  5. 6. Stringed classical instrument, demanding patience before grace
  6. 7. Star whose style mattered more than the script
  7. 8. Grid where patience is regularly tested
  8. 11. Student invention recalled more for persistence than purpose
  9. 15. Paper whose puzzles outshine its headlines
  10. 16. What cinema characters commit, and classmates joke about
  11. 17. number of attempts to qualify for the “cream of the society”
  12. 18. Language approached analytically, not conversationally
  13. 19. Comic strip child philosopher whose imagination needed no permission
  14. 21. Language revived weekly, comprehension optional
  15. 23. Voice that still fills rooms long after it fell silent