Compact crossword 04/06/2011

Today's puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Jun 2011, 20:24 BST
Updated 3rd Jun 2011, 20:38 BST

ACROSS

1 Ill-defined (5)

4 Hard work (coll) (5)

10 Very fast (5)

11 A short rope (naut) (7)

12 Explains (a mystery) (6,2)

13 Extinct flightless bird (4)

15 Type of car (6)

17 Money-lender (6)

19 Character in Othello (4)

20 Flowering plant (8)

23 Inborn (7)

24 Very small quantity (5)

25 Lags behind (5)

26 One of the Three Musketeers (5)

DOWN

2 Copious (5)

3 Weaker party (8)

5 Tear asunder (4)

6 Taste (7)

7 Cavalcades (11)

8 Influence (coll) (5)

9 Suspension of proceedings (11)

14 An edible snail (8)

16 Detonator (7)

18 Retort (5)

21 US state (5)

22 Steep rock (4)

Friday's solution

Across: 7 Decompression, 9 Chamber, 10 Cheek, 11 Typo, 12 After, 16 Shock, 17 Sour, 21 Cream, 22 Illicit, 23 Preternatural.

Down: 1 Educate, 2 Scrappy, 3 Ameba, 4 Psyched, 5 Tiger, 6 Snake, 8 Rarefaction, 13 Whimper, 14 Concert, 15 Brittle, 18 Scope, 19 Jewel, 20 Glitz.