26a The female organ of certain fungi (10)? - e - o - o - i - -. 16d a source of power using copper and zinc electrodes (7,4)? d - n - e - - /- - - -. Science. Floors me every time.
Goodness! Thank you so much atsgran and ladyalex. Needless to say I spelt bass, base. Doh! I'll see how I get on now although I feel a nasty example of chemistry coming on.