By Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. One of the great Sikh Gurus belonged to this family

3. Shine; become iridescent.

7. Great British statesman of the 19th century

8. Small European deer

9. The tree that suffered from a world-wide disease many years ago

12.Italy’s infamous dictator

14. The Emperor who fiddled as Rome burnt

15. Quarrel of long standing

Down

2. One of Queen Elizabeth’s "Sea Dogs"

4. The hot wind that blows in the summer

5. Trouble; affliction

6. Small snake associated with Cleopatra

7. The forest of lions in India

9. Selected; the chosen few

10. — Sewan, celebrated in Amritsar by a bazaar named after her

11. John — emerging figure among directors of action films

12. "Made in the image of God"

13. A knight would be so addressed