YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1. Provocative 8. Optional 9. Ease 10. Marsh 13. Lint 16. Load 17. Hone 18. Talc 20. Harpy 24. Olid 25. Monastic 26. Perfunctory

Down: 2. Rota 3. Viola 4. Class 5. Ideal 6. Correlation 7. Centrepiece 11. Roach 12. Hover 14. Iron 15. Wail 19. Cider 21. Adorn 22. Plant 23. Star