Crossword by David Albury

Across

1. Small piece of live coal (5)

5. Passage between rows of seats (5)

8. Dates as reckoned according to fixed points (8, 5)

9. Catalogues items one after another (5)

10. White, like Tintin's dog ? (5)

11. Presentations again, in court, for example (13)

12. Perfect form (5)

14. Male head of religious order (5)

16. To trouble somebody or put them out (13)

17. A literary style or type (5)

18. Go in (5)

Down

1. Surpass (5)

2. Old-fashioned light seen at zebra crossings (7, 6)

3. Steps of a ladder (5)

4. People responsible for productions of plays (5, 8)

5. Very deep chasm (5)

6. The opposition ministers (6, 7)

7. Written composition (5)

12. Sugar-based cake covering (5)

13. Spear-like weapon (5)

14. Nimble (5)

15. Possessive pronoun (5)

Across: 1 Ember, 5 Aisle, 8 Calendar years, 9 Lists, 10 Snowy, 11 Reappearances, 12 Ideal, 14 Abbot, 16 Inconvenience, 17 Genre, 18 Enter.

Down: 1 Excel, 2 Belisha beacon, 3 Rungs, 4 Stage managers, 5 Abyss, 6 Shadow cabinet, 7 Essay, 12 Icing, 13 Lance, 14 Agile, 15 Their.