Crossword

Across

5 Midday drinking session? (6,5)

7 Roofed walkway with colonnades — oats (anag) (4) 8 Faithfulness to one partner (8)

9 Umbrage (7)

11 Tree — greenish-brown (5) 13 Savoury jelly (5) 14 Something abnormally large and powerful (7)

16 Give a new surface to (8) 17 Small and attractive — cunning (4)

18 Pleasing to the ear (11)

Down

1 Prefix denoting “water” (4) 2 Action whose long-term benefit is doubtful (7)

3 Fail to get a passing grade (5) 4 “Sword” from “words” and “seraph” from “phrase”, for example (8)

5 Give vent to one’s emotions (3,3,5)6 Early man, walking upright — smoother cue (anag) (4,7) 10 Qualified to be chosen (8) 12 Position of initial advantage from which further substantial progress might be made (7)

15 Organised passive protest (3-2) 17 Aquatic bird of the rail family (4)