Daily Quick Crossword

16 December

Across

1 Religious faction (4)
3 Assailed (8)
9 Connected row of houses (7)
10 Nitwit (5)
11 Support for an injured arm (5)
12 Truly (archaic) (6)
14 Water down (6)
16 Part of the eye (6)
19 Died down (6)
21 Anaconda. for example (5)
24 Hair dye (5)
25 Conciseness (7)
26 Clergyman (8)
27 Leg joint (4)

Down

1 Lay by (3,5)
2 Welsh breed of dog (5)
4 A dozen (6)
5 Thespian (5)
6 Moscow citadel (7)
7 Hoodwink (4)
8 Instructed (6)
13 Bronte heroine (4,4)
15 Middle East country (7)
17 Marine mollusc (6)
18 Fit for eating (6)
20 Snares (5)
22 Completely foreign (5)
23 Pal (4)