By Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. Pointed, projecting front part

5. Become sick; ill

6. Popular South Indian snack

8. Abbreviation for one committee of the Indian National Congress

10. One of the decisive battles in America’s history

12. Skill; dexterity

13. Word used to designate the maiden name of a woman

17. Regard; consider

18. Inhabitant of the northern part of the British Isles

19. How the value of shares etc. is sometimes given (abbr.)

20. The river that flows by Lahore

21. Indian empire that once flourished in the eastern regions

Down

1. What a person of loose character does

2. Cry aloud; weep piteously

3. Sea creature eaten as a delicacy

4. Zubin Mehta heads one

7. Machine for shaping objects in wood, iron etc.

9. One of the orders of pillars in Greek architecture

11. Abbreviation for one of North India’s leading universities

15. Covering many or all things

16. Formula used to urge the receiver of a letter/invitation to reply.