Saga April 2012

[Polly37]

25 across Mistresses take action to hold back desire (8) S???N?Y?
19 down Oddly framed, Rhine's creature of myth (6)?A?R??
11 across Church Bar opening to cause disgust (3) I?K Irk? why?

[cathfromsaron]

(k) irk

[kayakamina]

25 step ney s

[roslyn251254]

25a step ney s (yen-desire backwards inside steps)

[roslyn251254]

19d faerie - odd letters of framed rhine

[dannyk13]

11a Scottish church is a kirk

[Polly37]

Many thanks to you all Finished it now Cheers!

[vectran]

26a stepneys
19d an awkward one; best guess is "faerie" as no anagram of "framed" fits but an angram of "Freia" + an "e" fits as Rhine's creature - see Wagner's Ring cycle - and answer is a mythical being.. if that makes sense!
11a Kirk=church; "bar opening"=remove 1st letter.