SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1 Oar, 3 Inn, 5 Spire, 8 Wring (Awe-inspiring), 9 Tillage, 10 Tuba, 11 Doorstep, 13 Bowler, 14 Boosts, 17 Resident, 19 Beef, 22 Clamour, 23 Raise, 24 Truck, 25 Dal, 26 Let.

Down: 1 OFWAT, 2 Rainbow, 3 Iago, 4 Nation, 5 Saleroom, 6 Inapt, 7 Exempts, 12 Deadlock, 13 Borscht, 15 Special, 16 Inured, 18 Snafu, 20 Fleet, 21 Oral.