By Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. Upper garment, mantle in Sanskrit

6. Friend in Spanish

9. Latin name for the citizen of Denmark

11. Russian name for a girl

13. Zodiac sign

14. Mineral composed of silicate of aluminium with other silicates

16. Alike

19. Beginning

21. Amuse

1. James —, a fictitious secret service agent

2. Formerly known as Persia

3. Short for Aristotle

4. Image of deity

5. Level space

7. Fashion capital of Italy

8. The one that laid the golden egg

10. An institution that preserves national monuments (abbr)

12. Short for gymnasium

14. Long hair on the neck of a horse

15. Price

17. What is imperishable accor- ding to Hindu philosophy

18. Ancient name for Ireland

20. ‘To — with love’, the title of a film which starred Sidney Poitier