by Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. Alone; by oneself

3. Small vessel in the body

5. Compete, strive

6. Olfactory organ

8. Circle made at the end of rope

10. Unwanted, rough character

11. In the USA there are colleges which go by this League name

13. To do this is human

14. A beam from this is among the most powerful

17. Not odd

18. Famous Soviet news agency

19. A century, in other words

20. India’s great monument to love

21. The small river associated with Shakespeare

Down

1. Feeling; emotion

2. Has six balls in it

4. What an horse is covered with on ceremonial occasion

7. Has much to do with fashion

9. Musical form in the west

12. Stupid quadruped

15. Industrious insect

16. Famous volcano