By Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. Fever

3. Fruit can be mashed up into this

5. India’s premier bank (inits.)

6. Relating to within, inside

8. "Fame is the ----", as they say

10. Effort; foray

12. Cobbler’s tool

13. Material for sealing envelopes etc.

14. One of the marvels of modern technology, like TV

17. Balance payments to be made

18. One time

19. Kurosawa’s master film

20. Well-known casino town in Nevada

21. Avoid

Down

1. The Greek conqueror who made a foray into India

2. God of Love

3. The town of the LeaningTower

4. Belonging to the golden age of one of the ancient cultures of Europe

7. Enter into; concern oneself with

9. Term that one hears often in connection with bridges, electric poles etc

11. The Punjab party that is facing a crisis at the moment (inits.)

15. India’s premier space research set-up (inits.)

16. Long, very long periods of time