SOLUTION TO 4717

ACROSS: 1, Presupposition; 9, Valuables; 10, Onion; 11, Latter-day; 12, Cargo; 13, Readdresses; 17, Nerve centre; 22, Ditch; 23, Ultrasoft; 24, Treat; 25, Appertain; 26, Self-expression. DOWN: 2, Riviera; 3, Sponsor; 4, Placard; 5, Saunterer; 6, Tuberose; 7, Operate; 8, Concern; 14, Excise tax; 15, Sachets; 16, Overleaf; 18, Eclipse; 19, Niftier; 20, Editors; 21, Othello.

The winner of 4716 is Mr Chris Bennett, Oxfordshire