Compact crossword - The Scotsman 19/12/2011
ACROSS
7 Addictive drug (6)
8 Istanbul’s country (6)
9 Blackthorn (4)
10 Narrow passage (8)
11 Dependable (6)
12 Systematise (6)
14 Chewing-gum ingredient (6)
17 Short-lived insect (6)
19 Eastern Hemisphere (3,5)
21 All right (4)
22 State of wellbeing (6)
23 Unconcern (6)
DOWN
1 Bank clerk (6)
2 Used in courts of law (8)
3 Notoriety (6)
4 Of a sloping type (6)
5 Salver (4)
6 Benefit (6)
13 Routine (3-2-3)
15 Edmund ________, astronomer (6)
16 Unrefined (6)
17 Half of the distance (6)
18 Liable to let liquids percolate through (6)
20 Astute (4)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Brock, 4 Glade, 10 Acorn, 11 Enlarge, 12 Destroys, 13 Lair, 15 Safety, 17 Slides, 19 Away, 20 Accurate, 23 Literal, 24 Dread, 25 Crude, 26 Trade.
Down: 2 Roots, 3 Contrite, 5 Lull, 6 Dormant, 7 Hard as nails, 8 Pepys, 9 Decrescendo, 14 Flounder, 16 Flatter, 18 Scale, 21 Ahead, 22 Arid.