Saturday, May 3, 2008

CROSSWORD
Karuna Goswamy

1 Overwhelming defeat

3 Wandering minstrel of Bengal

6 Large, learned book

8 Similar; related or close to

9 Vitality; vigour

10 Haryana’s sports city

11 A very refined type of textile woven both in India and Southeast Asia

13 Person who solicits business

15 Small island

16 Chieftain in some Islamic lands

1 Place famous for Alphonso mangoes

2 German city, site of a great Napoleonic battle

4 Noah is said to have built one

5 Burt ___, famous Hollywood actor

7 Chris ___, former champion of women’s tennis

8 Circumference; boundary

12 Cobblers use this a great deal

14 Unit of electrical resistance