Compact crossword

Across

7 Trees with purplish leaves (6-7)

9 Type of whale (7)

10 Girl's name (5)

11 Large water jug (4)

12 Very bright (5)

16 Factor (5)

17 Trepidation (4)

21 Perch (5)

22 Take possession of (7)

23 Silliness (13)

Down

1 Run away (coll) (7)

2 Wore (7)

3 Planet (5)

4 Checks (5,2)

5 A large milk-can (5)

7 Hebridean island (5)

8 Very rich person (11)

13 Stir things up (7)

14 Perplexed (7)

15 Over-modest (7)

18 Rigid supports (5)

19 Theme (5)

20 Convulsion (5)

Friday's solution

Across: 1 Great, 4 Minds, 10 Macau, 11 Bifocal, 12 Expedite, 13 Five, 15 O'clock, 17 Shadow, 19 Mark, 20 Blissful, 23 Trilogy, 24 Craze, 25 Think, 26 Alike.

Down: 2 Recap, 3 Aqueduct, 5 Iffy, 6 Decried, 7 Emperor moth, 8 Abate, 9 Sleepwalker, 14 Physical, 16 Largish, 18 Clwyd, 21 Frank, 22 Join.