Compact crossword - The Scotsman 07/05/2012

Monday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 7th May 2012, 04:44 BST

Across

7 Cave (6)

8 Cleaver (North American spelling) (4-2)

9 Clayey soil (4)

10 Waste water (8)

11 Singular unpaid debt (6)

12 Fertiliser (6)

14 Process corn (6)

17 Farm implement (6)

19 Reaping (8)

21 Sod (4)

22 Uprooted unwanted plants (6)

23 Farm machine (6)

DOWN

1 Shady shelter (6)

2 Stepdame (anag) (8)

3 Animal food (6)

4 Mummify (6)

5 Farm building (4)

6 Cattle trough (6)

13 Midday (8)

15 Keeper of a stock of cattle (6)

16 Perm (6)

17 Untidy place (6)

18 Granary (6)

20 Seedcases (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Scree, 4 Shaft, 10 Rapid, 11 Admirer, 12 Cadenzas, 13 Burn, 15 Sacred, 17 Strafe, 19 Iota, 20 Primrose, 23 Neatens, 24 Extra, 25 Usher, 26 Venom. Down: 2 Cupid, 3 Endanger, 5 Home, 6 Formula, 7 Processions, 8 Banal, 9 Bronze medal, 14 Stampede, 16 Cutlass, 18 Brush, 21 Outdo, 22 Peke.