Saturday, May 27, 2006

CROSSWORD
Karuna Goswamy

Across

1. Ancient Indian philosophical text

5. How Abraham might be called in brief

6. Outer edge of circular object

7. Male honeybee

11. Conrad —, famous American poet

14. The Baba of Shirdi

15. Mineral in raw form

16. Athletic contest consisting of 10 events

Down

1. The river that flows into the Caspian Sea

2. Removed; thrown out

3. The one that lost to a tortoise

4. Prominent feature in Islamic buildings

8. India’s premier bank (inits.)

9. ‘Born,’ word put after the name of a married woman and before her father’s family name

10. Part of Mirza Ghalib’s real name

11. The Congress party’s top body (inits.)

12. Christmas season; yuletide

13. Selfish; small-minded