1. Science that deals with substances

6. Run off secretly, to get married

9. ____ Gupta, ‘item girl’ of Bollywood

11. The lake that lies between the US and Canada

13. This creek is the subject of negotiations between India and Pak

14. Popular French cheese

16. Sign of things to come

19. The tanpura serves as one

21. Prominent figure in the Mahabharata

1. Earth, mud, in other words

2. Not odd

3. UN’s arm dealing with labour (inits.)

4. One of a series of rows

5. Major university on the east coast in the US

7. Device that throws high beam of light

8. Former ruler of Argentina

10. abbreviation for "the cruellest month"

12. What we turn to a refrigerator for

14. Swelling from a blow

15. Former small state in central India

17. Interwoven structure

18. Salamander-like creature

20. Tree with hard, durable wood