Telegraph crossword

Across

1 Streak on skin from whip’s lash (4)

3 Unit of length (5)

7 Profit (4)

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 Discharge (7)

3 Powerful (6)

4 Higher (6)

5 Heron (5)

6 Fibber (4)

10 Snakes (4)

11 Misdirect (4,6)

14 Kit (4)

16 Side by side (7)

17 Wolf down (6)

18 Carved (6)

20 Tables (5)

22 Unsightly (4)