1. Fog
5. Boosts
9. Translate
10. Con game
11. Tall woody plant
12. Dispatch
13. Babysitter's handful
14. Cut of beef
16. And so forth
18. Head
21. Earl Grey and orange pekoe
23. Black, in poetry
24. Lacking professional expertise
25. Notion
26. Not more
1. A young lady
2. 1/12th of a foot
3. Flight of steps
4. Pace
5. Clever
6. Cranky
7. Consider
8. Stair
15. Hex
16. Decorative case
17. Be inclined
19. "Little piggies"
20. Concludes
22. Music with jazzlike riffs