1. A breed of hound dog
7. Gets off a horse
10. Identity cards
11. Residues from a fire
12. Millisecond
14. Nipple
15. Nigerian monetary unit
16. Creativity
18. Gaelic
21. A series of connected rooms
23. One more than nine
24. Minuteness
26. Tart yellow fruits
1. Auction offers
2. Crucial
3. Time before noon
4. A state of southwestern India
5. Sheen
6. Embolden
7. Murky
8. Earl Grey or orange pekoe, for example
9. Super Sonic Transport
13. Palace
16. Donkey
17. Liquor
19. Dried hemp leaves
20. N N N N
22. Type of tree
25. Definitely not "yes"