CROSSWORD
Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. North central American country

6. Abbr. used for urging immediate action

8. Body of oil producing countries (inits.)

11. Striped animal

12. Term every theatre person knows

13. Black pitch, in other words

14. Rub off; obliterate

17. Speed

19. Spoken; related to the mouth

21. False aspirant to a throne

2. Annual celebration at a Muslim saint’s tomb

3. Long, narrow strip of linen, etc.

4. Othello was one

5. Untruth

6. The first part of a raga in India music

7. Mexican people conquered by Cortes in the sixteenth century

9. Walter —, celebrated critic

10. Reefs made of this are a wonderful sight

15. What you pay for a house that is let out

16. Without much delay

18. Report made on an officer’s performance (inits.)

20. Top card

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