1. Frog
5. Fraud
9. Possessing the necessary skills
10. Seaweed
11. Slanderous
13. 7th letter in the Greek alphabet
14. Climbing plants
15. Tall woody plants
17. A gesture of indifference
19. Definite article
22. Sheets of unbound paper
24. A vaulted recess on a building
25. Formerly (archaic)
26. Untidyness
27. Vipers
1. Story
2. Death notice
3. Millstone (figurative)
4. D
5. Ointment
6. Monasteries or convents
7. Shivering fit
8. Weight
12. Vassal
16. Ploys
17. Shut forcefully
18. Expect with desire
20. A fastener
21. Newts
23. Meadow