QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Clumsy (3-6) 8 Topic (5) 10 Crockery item (5) 12 Louse’s egg (3) 13 Large hole (3) 14 Scheme (4) 15 Loathe (6) 16 Make deep grooves in (5) 18 Decaying (6) 20 Bellow (4) 22Domestic fowl (3) 23 Chum (3) 24 Woman’s garment (5) 25 Exclusive (5) 26 Glues (9)

DOWN 2 Amphitheatre (5) 3 Units of length (4) 4 Meal (6) 5 Make happy (5) 6 Late news (4,5) 7 Occidental (9) 9 Large church (7) 11 Verbatim (7) 15 Professor (3) 17 Core (6) 19 Fraction (5) 21 Small fruit (5) 23 Supernatural being (4)