Compact crossword

Saturday's puzzle...

Across

1 Material (5)

7 Imaginary monster used to frighten children (8)

8 Thong (5)

10 The good life (10)

12 Region of northern France (8)

14 Scottish island (4)

16 Dollar (coll) (4)

17 Out-and-out (8)

20 The chaparral cock (4-6)

23 Take up weapons again (5)

24 Of deceptive appearance (8)

25 Faculty (5)

Down

1 A type of finch (6)

2 Panic (coll) (4)

3 Bereavement (4)

4 Bring about (5)

5 Equivocal (9)

6 A protein substance produced by living cells (6)

9 King of Troy in Greek mythology (5)

11 Docile (9)

13 A small flatfish (3)

15 Screen (5)

16 A European capital city (6)

18 Glossy finish (6)

19 Reckless (5)

21 Main part of a church (4)

22 Smell to high heaven (4)

Friday's solution

Across: 1 Piffle, 4 Starch, 9 Alarm, 10 Inaptly, 11 Urn, 12 Decompose, 13 Clothes-line, 18 Washbasin, 21 Too, 22 Typhoon, 23 Whisk, 24 Halide, 25 Flight.

Down: 1 Plaque, 2 Flannel, 3 Lamed, 5 Trammel, 6 Ratio, 7 Hoyden,

8 Kitchen-sink, 14 Tabloid, 15 Nothing, 16 Switch, 17 Pocket, 19 Sepal, 20 Newel