1. Marries
5. Avoid or expel
9. Monkeys
10. A beautiful and graceful girl
11. Countermanding
13. Delete (abbrev.)
14. Unpleasantly stern
15. Rinse with a solvent
17. Plays a role
19. Timid
22. Stew
24. A chesspiece
25. Queen of the gods (Greek mythology)
26. Possesses
27. Anagram of "Sure"
1. Protect from harm
2. Sword
3. A marked decrease
4. South-southeast
5. A single splash
6. Female inheritors
7. Vases
8. Near
12. A Hindu deity
16. Deadbolts
17. Type of hairstyle
18. A black bird
20. Not there
21. 365 days
23. Son of Ra (Egyptian mythology)