Quick clues

ACROSS

1 Resign from office (4,5) 8 Former emperors (5) 10 Happen again (5) 12 Snooker stick (3) 13 Burnt matter (3) 14 Is appropriate (4) 15 Insect (6) 16 Finnish bath? (5) 18 Oppose (6)

20 Pool (4) 22 Circuit (3)

23 Type of headgear (3) 24 Relating to ewes and rams (5) 25 Embellish (5) 26 Hundreds of years (9)

DOWN

2 Stretch of land (5)

3 Sit for an artist (4) 4 Twist (6) 5 Country house (5) 6 Teachers’ chamber (9) 7 Breed of dog (5,4) 9 Eastern European (7) 11 Evaded (7) 15 Sever (3) 17 Feature (6) 19 Mud (5) 21 Form of oxygen (5) 23 Blonde (4)