LAST WEEK’S TRICKY CROSSWORD ANSWERS

ACROSS 1 Consideration 8 Fuel 9 Interested 10 Stanza 11 Nostrils 12 Fragments 14 Ends 15 Uses 16 Scattered 21 Bacteria 22 Untidy 24 Nineteenth 25 Meet 26 Miscellaneous DOWN 1 Counter 2 Nylon 3 Imitate 4 Extinct 5 Arrest 6 Insurance 7 Needles 13 Greatness 15 Uranium 17 Channel 18 Toughen 19 Endless 20 Frieze 23 Tempo