Compact crossword - The Scotsman 07/05/2012
Across
7 Cave (6)
8 Cleaver (North American spelling) (4-2)
9 Clayey soil (4)
10 Waste water (8)
11 Singular unpaid debt (6)
12 Fertiliser (6)
14 Process corn (6)
17 Farm implement (6)
19 Reaping (8)
21 Sod (4)
22 Uprooted unwanted plants (6)
23 Farm machine (6)
DOWN
1 Shady shelter (6)
2 Stepdame (anag) (8)
3 Animal food (6)
4 Mummify (6)
5 Farm building (4)
6 Cattle trough (6)
13 Midday (8)
15 Keeper of a stock of cattle (6)
16 Perm (6)
17 Untidy place (6)
18 Granary (6)
20 Seedcases (4)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Scree, 4 Shaft, 10 Rapid, 11 Admirer, 12 Cadenzas, 13 Burn, 15 Sacred, 17 Strafe, 19 Iota, 20 Primrose, 23 Neatens, 24 Extra, 25 Usher, 26 Venom. Down: 2 Cupid, 3 Endanger, 5 Home, 6 Formula, 7 Processions, 8 Banal, 9 Bronze medal, 14 Stampede, 16 Cutlass, 18 Brush, 21 Outdo, 22 Peke.