CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Pokes (5) 4 Rap (5) 10 Edge of a roof (5) 11 Condition, stipulation (7) 12 Permissive (8) 13 Slip, slide (4) 15 Thick oil (6) 17 Small restaurant (6) 19 Dense layer of grass and roots (4) 20 Rucksack (8) 23 Display (7) 24 Slim and delicate (5) 25 Complete, total (5) 26 Operators (5)

DOWN

2 Try to equal or surpass (5) 3 Upset badly (8) 5 Midday (4) 6 Sport type (7) 7 Informal social gathering (3-8) 8 Use money (5) 9 Handsome, pretty (4-7) 14 Illness or disease (8) 16 Hearing range (7) 18 Christmas show (5) 21 With reference to (2,3) 22 Competent (4)