Saturday, June 23, 2007

CROSSWORD
Karuna Goswamy

1. Rude; rudely brief

3. River between China and North Korea

5. A cluster of eggs

6. Melt; become liquid

8. Charles _, famous writer

10. Slow, very slow creature

12. Consume; ingest

13. ‘Catch a nigger’ by it, the song goes

14. Gradually wear away

17. The ‘formula’ engraved on the Cross (inits.)

18. Sea in Central Asia

19. What is now called Akashvani (inits.)

20. — Zapata, Mexican revolutionary

21. What every cricket captain wishes to win

1. — the Great, Russian Czarina

2. Small urban area

3. Mythical, composite creature often seen in Indian sculpture

4. ‘The — of Cherbourg’, famous French film

7. Flowering plant of the daisy family

9. Tom —, English actor active in Indian films

11. Fuss; noise

15. Basic monetary unit of Iran

16. Small, pointed missile