Difficulty: high
Answers so far:
ACROSS: 4.Diagonal,7.Maurian,9.Wyvill,10.Expert,11.Junge,13.Colle,14.Kieseritzky,15.Bye,16.Shogi
DOWN: 1.Pairing,2.Rook,3.Bird,5.Alexander,6.Category,8.Weakness,9.Whyld,12.Mistress,15.Bind
15 a bye. I have lots of experience in those...
Could 2 be "rook"?
10 Across - Expert
And just in case that's wrong:
15 Down - Bind
2 d Rook
5 d Alexander
6 d Category
9 d Whyld
15 d bind
12d mistress
13a colle
16a shogi
1d pairing
3 down is Bird.
Whoa, all correct so far!
11a junge
9 across is Wyvill.
It's hard to find ones that haven't already been done...
11 Across- Junge (Check the spelling for me! )
EDIT: Goldendog beat me to it. Curses.
Junge & Wyvill correct!
8 d defended?
No, but you are getting close...
Occupied
No, second letter must be "E", since 10 across is "EXPERT."
Difficulty: high
Answers so far:
ACROSS: 4.Diagonal,7.Maurian,9.Wyvill,10.Expert,11.Junge,13.Colle,14.Kieseritzky,15.Bye,16.Shogi
DOWN: 1.Pairing,2.Rook,3.Bird,5.Alexander,6.Category,8.Weakness,9.Whyld,12.Mistress,15.Bind