1. Fertilizer ingredient
5. A measure amount of medication
9. Submerged ridges of sand
10. Reflected sound
11. Rotate
12. Precious
13. Utilize
14. Forever no
16. Second (abbrev.)
18. Gemstone
21. Genus of the dogfish
23. Rail bird
24. Polyglots
25. Therefore
26. Where birds live
1. Not new
2. A competition involving speed
3. Making better
4. Love intensely
5. Hyrax
6. Deliberate (2 words)
7. Downhill or cross-country
8. Anglo-Saxon slave
15. A red fluorescent dye
16. A period of discounted prices
17. Chieftain
19. Not sciences
20. Persist
22. In the past