QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Breed of dog (5,4) 8 Scent (5) 10 Occurrence (5) 12 Pen part (3) 13 Thus (3) 14 Middle Eastern port (4) 15 Proper (6) 16 Clown’s pole (5) 18 Decaying (6) 20 Promise (4) 22 Domestic fowl (3) 23 Craft (3) 24 Sabre (5) 25 Cable tower (5) 26 Celebratory occasion (9)

DOWN

2 European river (5) 3 Spirited horse (4) 4 Type of fuel (6) 5 Female relative (5) 6 Kind of broccoli (9) 7 Embroidery (9) 9 York cathedral (7) 11 Success (7) 15 Noise (3) 17 Sinew (6) 19 Pronoun (5) 21 Volume of maps (5) 23 Domed recess (4)