By Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. Greedy in eating

5. Drunken character

6. Not in, by any means

7. Gnaw away; wear out

11. Article of food

14. A coarse grain

15. Noise; fuss

16. Insect that moves on countless legs

1. Container, as for flowers

2. Ceremony, mostly reli gious

3. A wind instrument

4. Place of happening

8. India’s premier bank (inits.)

9. Place for rest, hiding

10. There is a lily of this kind

11. Flesh of calf

12. State of unconsciousness

13. Tiny, very tiny opening in the skin