1. Did not succeed
7. Sear tissue
10. Product of human creativity
11. S S S S
12. Swimming hole
14. Expert flyers
15. Zest
16. Makes a mistake
18. An Indian tribe of New Mexico
21. Averse
23. An archaic measure equal to 16.5 feet
24. Demoralizes
26. Protagonists
1. A type of gambling card game
2. Signature
3. That thing
4. Confederate general
5. Artificial and inferior
6. Converse
7. Type of hat
8. Z (American spelling)
9. S
13. Sheen (British spelling)
16. Old age (archaic)
17. Fish eggs
19. Negatives
20. Identity cards
22. Not him
25. In do-re-mi, the 5th note