CROSSWORD
Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. An eastern Indian Kingdom in the ancient period

3. Popular chemical fertiliser

6. Famous cricketing ground in England

8. The bird that symbolises peace

9. The Indian rupee in brief terms (inits.)

10. Yes, in other words

11. Thought; conception

13. Reward or recompense

15. Therefore, so to speak

16. Loud, deep cry

1. Original or earliest known inhabitant of a land

2. Great tourist destination in India

4. — Grande, great Mexican river

5. The most celebrated of conquerors

7. African land with Tripoli as its capital

8. "Aye, perchance to — ", as Hamlet said

12. Ovum, by another name

14. Former name of Tokyo