Compact crossword - The Scotsman 04/06/12

Monday’s puzzle...

Across

7 Sea-onion (6)

8 Sneezewort (6)

9 Grassy area (4)

10 Climbing-plant (8)

11 Black eye (6)

12 Spud (6)

14 ______-skin (6)

17 Blue-flowered bristly plant (6)

19 Aubergine (8)

21 Starchy cereal (4)

22 Finger (anag) (6)

23 Tidily (6)

Down

1 Marrow-like fruit (6)

2 Plant with trumpet-shaped 3 downs (8)

3 Bloom (6)

4 Aromatic plant (6)

5 Forest plant (4)

6 USSR council (6)

13 _____ ___ lily, martagon lily (5,3)

15 Mohair (6)

16 Rhododendron-like shrub (6)

17 Common labiate plant (6)

18 Silly laugh (6)

20 Carnation (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Chaff, 4 Smash, 10 Expel, 11 Peckish, 12 Dispense, 13 Idol, 15 Romped, 17 Govern, 19 Envy, 20 Fracture, 23 Instead, 24 Rogue, 25 Snide, 26 Loose.

Down: 2 Hopes, 3 Faltered, 5 Mock, 6 Spindle, 7 Gendarmerie, 8 Spasm, 9 Philanderer, 14 Concerto, 16 Moves in, 18 Crude, 21 Urges, 22 Rend.