1. Party
5. Restrain or lessen
9. Enduring a very short time
10. "Backwards pose"
11. Barks
12. What we walk on
13. C
14. An exact duplicate
16. Anagram of "Aid"
18. Initial wager
21. A cola brand
23. Comportment
24. Fortunately
25. Being nothing more than specified
26. City in Norway
1. Meat from cows
2. A vaulted recess on a building
3. Cobbler
4. Prefix indicating "Seven"
5. A governor in the Ottoman Empire
6. Spiders
7. Adhesive strip
8. Otherwise
15. Carving in relief
16. Missile
17. Anagram of "Lode"
19. Impart information
20. Ancient war goddess
22. East southeast