Compact Crossword

Across

7 Take industrial action (6)

8 Byes (6)

9 Feast day (4)

10 Captivate (8)

11 Caress (6)

12 Make possible (6)

14 Go like lightning (6)

17 Dole (6)

19 Ready (8)

21 Memo (4)

22 Disavow (6)

23 Sheen (6)

DOWN

1 Narrow sea passage (6)

2 Loose covering over a child’s dress (8)

3 Fall away (6)

4 Meeting place (6)

5 European volcano (4)

6 Rogue (6)

13 Dumbfound (8)

15 Large bird (6)

16 Japanese combative sport (6)

17 Conundrum (6)

18 Clamour (6)

20 Type of fuel (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Puff-pastry, 8 Ovulate, 9 Midge, 10 Bute, 11 Brae, 12 Lot, 14 Elysee, 15 Fresco, 18 Nut, 20 Drab, 21 Keen, 23 Roast, 24 Bolster, 25 Pleasantry. Down: 1 Poultry, 2 Flax, 3 Poetry, 4 Symmetry, 5 Rydal, 6 Double-entry, 7 West Country, 13 Vendetta, 16 Sweltry, 17 Lambda, 19 Trawl, 22 Slut.