| 8 across provides work for 25 across on the course to The Enlightenment |
HIGHEREDUCATION |
| A judge from the past takes over the meeting - it's handy when one is sitting |
ARMCHAIR |
| A meal's been laid out for sailors |
ABLESEAMEN |
| Beholden to dine out consuming something outstanding |
INDEBTED |
| Butchers mince the last of the meat to go with a piece of toast |
BRUSCHETTA |
| Compliments Aristophanes' content of The Emperor |
TSAR |
| Cowboy released water from pair of taps for labourer |
RANCHMAN |
| Exchange of revolutionary prisoners |
SWOP |
| Flyover, heading off to range of mountains |
RIDGE |
| Fragment of Thomas Hardy or Pound |
MASH |
| Has a hand in finding characters in Oedipal mystery |
PALM |
| In spite of casing for split screen |
SPLEEN |
| Is a cut above what's comparable to 9 across |
HIGHER |
| Is it better to rise up or fall? |
SUPERIOR |