By Karuna Goswamy

1. Town in north of Great Britain

5. Industrious insect

6. State; express

7. Beautiful, dark-coloured wood

11. The creature whose name is synonym for slowness

14. Short name of a popular Indian actress

15. Anger; wrath

16. Gun of a very old type

1. Small, formerly princely state in central India

2. What the politician courts, day in day out

3. Not difficult; accessible

4. Highly protein-rich bean

8. Proscribe

9. Indian settled abroad (inits.)

10. Soothing cream or ointment

11. Close; block out

12. Famous night-club in Paris

13. Apex; high point

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