1. Glass containers 5. Manure 8. Elfish 9. Garment worn by dancers 10. Untidy 12. Make whiter 15. Prescribed doctrine 18. Respect 20. Nervous 23. Ruler of an empire 25. Dental filling 26. Tax 27. Pertaining to a nucleus
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1. Roar 2. Typographical error 3. Situated 4. Sows 5. Postpone 6. File for the fingernails 7. Republic in E Africa 11. Draw near 13. Supply with water 14. Snack 16. Sterile 17. Wander 19. Reflecting surface 21. Cautious 22. Republic in S Arabia 24. Vex