CROSSWORD
Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. Sink or bend with weight

3. The constrictor snake

6. Fuss; noise

7. In desperation, you clutch at this

8. Segment of a circle

9. Privately run body engaged in welfare activities generally (inits.)

12. In footnotes, this means ‘above’

14. Flat bread of the eastern kind

15. Affirmative answer

16. Long, long period of time

Down

1. Male deer

2. Science that deals with the earth

3. Mode of transport

4. Hauteur; overbearing pride

5. Young, unweaned deer

10. Former ruler of Russia

11. In a short time; soon

13. Stubborn animal