1. Drag; pull

3. Waistband

6. An army’s powerful weapon

8. Shared room in a hostel

9. Boatman’s aid

10. Patch of grassy land

11. Early empire in Latin America

13. Sketch; make an outline of

15. Little whirlpool

16. Move gently, sideways

Down

1. Take a free ride in travel

2. Vessel, pot

4. Fuss; noise

5. Great American writer, winner of the Nobel prize

7. A bear, but a gentle one

8. Fear; awe

12. What many animals chew on

14. India’s intelligence agency (inits.)