QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Type of painting (5,4) 8 Divulge (3,2) 10 Entertain (5) 12 Insect (3) 13 Professor (3) 14 Departed (4) 15 Danger (6) 16 Practises boxing (5) 18 Decaying (6) 20 Diplomacy (4) 22 Pronoun (3) 23 Went ahead (3) 24 Speaks tediously and at length (5) 25 Amphitheatre (5) 26 Give a job back (9)

DOWN

2 Mythological being (5) 3 Loaned (4) 4 Boss (6) 5 Animal life (5) 6 Very rich businessmen (9) 7 In the sky (9) 9 Dance (3-4) 11 Ogre (7) 15 Male (3) 17 Human being (6) 19 Number (5) 21 Skilful (5) 23 Ultimate (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror