SATURDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION:

ACROSS: 1 Bedaub 5 Scoff 9 Ewers 10 Greeted 11 Matt 12 Well-to-do 16 Trepidation 18 Palisade 21 Brie 23 Monocle 24 Clear 25 Plays 26 Squash DOWN: 2 Electoral 3 Also 4 Big-headedness 6 Chest 7 Fiend 8 Germs 13 Lots 14 Odourless 15 Spas 17 Rearm 19 Atoll 20 Ivory 22 Ecru