QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Tree product (6) 4 Demeanour (4) 7 Above (4) 8 Neglect (6) 9 Pastime (4) 10 Opaque gem (4) 12 Conflagration (4) 14 Went ahead (3) 16 Pastry item (3) 17 Overdue (4) 20 St Paul’s Cathedral architect(4) 23 Scale (4) 24 Game bird (6) 25 Relax (4) 26 Group of cattle (4) 27 Heed (6)

DOWN 1 Allude (to) (5) 2 Tree’s ‘skin’ (4) 3 Helicopter hub (5) 4 Huge (4) 5 Verbally (6) 6 Phobia (5) 11 Hide (4) 13 Unoccupied (4) 15 Alloy (6) 16 Roost (5) 18 Divine guardian (5) 19 Colour (5) 21 Peruse (4) 22 Channel (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror