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By Karuna Goswamy

ACROSS

1. Short version of a popular Jewish name, also the name of a prophet

5. Prefix connoting negativity

7. Short way of referring to a doctor

8. Important country in Latin America

10. Popular chemical fertiliser

13. Fragrance

14. A musical mode in the Indian tradition

16. — Rai was once Anarkali

18. Word meaning ‘born as’, attached to married women’s names

20. A great bird of prey

21. Medical abbreviation for diseases relating to parts of the head etc.

DOWN

1. Power to last; patience

2. The hot wind that blows in summer

3. One holding office

4. Shelter given by neighbouring object

6. Prefix signifying ‘before’

8. The — Capita income of India is truly low

9. Torn piece of textile

11. Haryana town with a sports complex

12. The — Khan is among the richest men of the world

15. Well-known Bombay-based painter

17. Fresh; recent

19. Long, deep period of time

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