CROSSWORD
Karuna Goswamy

Clues

Across

1. Soldier’s broad belt with cartridges

5. Vein-like deposit in ore

7. "So be it", said after a prayer

8. Brief spell of sleep

9. Time past; of long ago

10. Mehboob’s famous film

11. — Sewan, after whom a bazaar in Amritsar is named

12. Just; alone

14. Famous fair in Himachal Pradesh

16. Large family of languages spoken in South India

Down

1. India’s film capital

2. Move head in agreement

3. Belief-system; philosophy

4. Translation; interpretation

6. Armed foe; rival

7. This is the ‘cruellest’ month, the poet says

13. Tract of open ground

15. Great Shi’ite leader

Solved