QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sluggish (9) 8 Type of bear (5) 10 Instruct (5) 12 Long fish (3) 13 Insect (3) 14 Stream (4) 15 Affirm (6) 16 Minaret (5) 18 Gambol (6) 20 Margin (4) 22 Assistance (3) 23 Remote (3) 24 Stage whisper (5) 25 Make amends (5) 26 Periods of time (9)

DOWN

2 Team of judges (5) 3 Turquoise shade (4) 4 Landed property (6) 5 Angry (5) 6 Footballer, eg (9) 7 Gossiped (9) 9 Shoulder muscle (7) 11 Plead (7) 15 Pointed tool (3) 17 Most senior (6) 19 Elevate (5) 21 Monotonous sound (5) 23 Blonde (4)