GENERAL CROSSWORD

Across

1. Prior to (6)

4. Coagulate (4)

8. Union, joining of individual things (11) 10. Twig broom (5)

11. Gear wheel tooth (3)

12. A flaw (7)

14. Hole for thread (3)

16. Bark of small dog (3)

18. Gets there (7)

19. Animal hair (3)

20. Set of exam questions (5) 23. Things said that are evasive, misleading (6,5)

24. Bird of prey (4)

25. Senior journalist (6)

Down

1. Blackberry bush (7)

2. Data (5)

3. Recall (8)

5. Principal role (4)

6. Nervous (7)

7. Unseen obstacle (4)

9. A head-to-head (9) 13. Unexpectedly accurate (guess) (8) 15. Set aside for particular use (7) 17. Conversation room (7)

19. Young deer (4)

21. To postulate (5)

22. Crooked (4)

Yesterday's solution

Across 1. Cobalt 4. Acumen 9. Bracket 10. Runic 11. Ark 12. Diplomat 14. Liners 15. Tousle 18. Resident

20. Hop 23. Cynic 24. Rivulet 25. Lustre 26. Flurry Down 1. Cobra 2. Bracken 3. Lake 5. Carillon 6. Minim 7. Necktie 8. Staid 13. Producer 14. Lyrical 16. Scholar

17. Angry 19. Sinus 21. Putty 22. Evil