ACROSS
- 3 Steadfastness (9)
- 8 Discern (4)
- 9 Sea monster (9)
- 10 Favour (6)
- 11 Supplicate (5)
- 14 Horseman (5)
- 15 Biography (4)
- 16 Requirements (5)
- 18 Severe (4)
- 20 Coppers (5)
- 21 Laconic (5)
- 24 Vary (6)
- 25 Foolhardy (9)
- 26 Gusto (4)
- 27 Employees (9)
DOWN
- 1 Ruffian (9)
- 2 Diffuse (6,3)
- 4 Finished (4)
- 5 Expertise (5)
- 6 Real (6)
- 7 Cajole (4)
- 9 Memorise (5)
- 11 Bit (5)
- 12 Stately (9)
- 13 Profane (9)
- 17 Mar (5)
- 19 Alcove (6)
- 22 Lustre (5)
- 23 Decline (4)
- 24 Dreadful (4)