Compact crossword

Monday's puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Jun 2011, 21:56 BST
Updated 26th Jun 2011, 21:58 BST

ACROSS

1 Fault (6)

4 Covered with crusty sores (6)

9 Cold in the head (7)

10 Bone in middle ear (5)

11 Giraffe-like animal (5)

12 German measles (7)

13 Remedial (11)

18 Protected from shock (7)

20 Of the kidneys (5)

22 Spicy fragrance (5)

23 Where someone lies when ill (7)

24 Air expelled from lungs (6)

25 Curer (6)

DOWN

1 GP (6)

2 Sentence of death (5)

3 Someone transmitting disease (7)

5 Mount (5)

6 Bacteria (7)

7 Toady (3-3)

8 Podiatrist (11)

14 Internal secretion (7)

15 Ear chamber (7)

16 Smear over (6)

17 Motorless plane (6)

19 Vital organ (5)

21 _____ Peace Prize (5)

Saturday's solution

Across: 1 Famish, 4 Stream, 9 Ruche, 10 Theorem, 11 Rib, 12 Pragmatic, 13 Deer-stalker, 18 Croissant, 21 Rim, 22 Avarice, 23 Rigid, 24 Elands, 25 Meddle.

Down: 1 Furore, 2 Macabre, 3 Steep, 5 Thermal, 6 Egret, 7 Mimics, 8 Strait-laced, 14 Rescind, 15 Enraged, 16 Scrape, 17 Smudge, 19 Osaka, 20 Terse.