Across
9
Contagious viral disease (5)
10
Decaying animal flesh (7)
17
Traditional English breakfast fare (5,3,4)
20
Middle Eastern native (7)
22
Bridge or road charge (4)
23
Person of wide learning (8)
Down
2
Decaying organic material; fertilizer (7)
3
Forgetful, pre-occupied (6-6)
4
Temporary substitutes (6)
6
Plea of being elsewhere (5)
7
Memorial to the dead (8)
8
Treatment of several people at the same time (5,7)
12
Professionals working to influence legislators (8)
15
The trappings of monarchy (7)