Telegraph crossword

Across

1 Streak on skin from whip’s lash (4) 3 Unit of length (5) 7 %#/' " + 8 Three-sided (10) 9 Nobleman (4) 12 Sections of an organisation (11) 13 Heavenly messenger (5) 15 Alleviated (5) 19 Intrepid (11) 21 Entice (4) 23 Fortune-teller (10) 24 Criticism (4) 25 Fragment (5) 26 Very small (4)

Down

1 Retreat (10) 2 & % "+ 3 Powerful (6) 4 Higher (6) 5 Heron (5) 6 Fibber (4) 10 Snakes (4) 11 Misdirect (4,6) 14 Kit (4) 16 *& " + 17 Wolf down (6) 18 Carved (6) 20 Tables (5) 22 Unsightly (4)