if 16 across (specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission) is ATTACHE, and 4 down is HHMMWV, 16 across would have to be A - T - C - W Where have I gone wrong?
Stuck on three!
1 down - Socialist city making stuff S _ _ _ E
8 across Small forms written on time S _ _ _ E _ T
26 across Book with an insect on top! _ L _ U _ E