Across
- 2. royal bird on water (7)
- 6. not in (3)
- 8. build my own philosophy (8,9,6)
- 13. have a break (3,3)
- 16. tinkle the ivories on this (5)
- 17. reverse metacarpus (8)
- 18. sure fire winner (3)
Down
- 1. Regal college (5,7)
- 3. what happens next (12)
- 4. upper hand (9)
- 5. can tell a lot about a woman eating this (9,4)
- 7. 12 inch defect (9)
- 9. hitch ride on a large semi-aquatic rodent (4,3,6)
- 10. fancy a game? (6,3,6)
- 11. fresh gonads on court (5,6,2,5)
- 12. female version of you (5)
- 14. stand in line for the flowers (3)
- 15. puzzling over Japanese numbers (6)