1. Meal in a shell
5. Short run
9. Distinctive flair
10. Reflected sound
11. Arduous
13. 2,000 pounds
14. Critical
15. Wall climbers
17. Frogman
19. Pair
22. A feeling of profound love
24. Ripped
25. Beige
26. Away from the wind
27. Requests
1. Exam
2. Countertenor
3. Meat-eater
4. Half of a pair
5. Two
6. The study of sounds
7. Close
8. A flexible pipe
12. Nigerian monetary unit
16. French science-fiction writer
17. Information
18. False god
20. Toil
21. Burden
23. Orange pekoe