CROSSWORD
Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. Magnificent scale.

6. The nut that is put in a betel leaf.

9. An ivy-league university in the U.S.

11. Islands off the coast of Ireland.

13. Acquire.

14. Roman male attire.

16. An association formed by people.

19. Site of famous Buddhist monastery in Ladakh.

21. Situation capable of producing emotional shock.

1. Intermediate between black and white.

2. The Syr Darya and Amu Darya fall into this lake/sea.

3. Female deer.

4. — Sharif, hero of ‘Dr Zhivago, the American film.

5. Adam and Eve were banished from here.

7. Royal.

8. What the batsman dreads in cricket.

10. Some time back.

12. A Muslim university (Abbrev.)

14. The slow pace of a horse.

15. This ‘strip’ was a bone of contention in Weat Asia politics.

17. Soft material for dressing wounds.

18. — a brac, are small decoration pieces.

20. Preposition signifying ‘with’.