QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Breed of dog (5,4) 8 Misdemeanour (5) 10 Fiery particle (5) 12 Transgression (3) 13 Pitch (3) 14 Middle Eastern port (4) 15 Human (6) 16 Commence (5) 18 Domestic appliance (6) 20 Metal fastener (4) 22 Writing implement (3) 23 Number (3) 24 Trophy (5) 25 Keyboard instrument (5) 26 Astronomer (9)

DOWN

2 Elevate (5) 3 Prayer ending (4) 4 Cleaning cloth (6) 5 Approaches (5) 6 Pile of rubbish (9) 7 Mean person (9) 9 Large church (7) 11 Associate (7) 15 Equal (3) 17 Sore (6) 19 Separate (5) 21 Viewpoint (5) 23 Roman robe (4)