Compact crossword - The Scotsman 18/05/2012

Friday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 18th May 2012, 04:43 BST

ACROSS

1 Needing to scratch (5)

4 City in Nebraska (5)

10 Indicator (5)

11 Wangle (7)

12 Glasswort (8)

13 Marsh grass (4)

15 Undertaking to take no tricks (6)

17 Insectivorous bog-plant (6)

19 Plant organ (4)

20 Lady’s _ (plant) (8)

23 Clapping (7)

24 Become rotten (5)

25 Herbaceous fence (5)

26 Reddish dye (5)

DOWN

2 Single thread (5)

3 Hedge tree (8)

5 Sauce for lamb (4)

6 Cow-parsnip (7)

7 Maritime bog-plant (11)

8 Previously (5)

9 Tall fragrant plant (11)

14 Pot-herb (8)

16 Shore plant related to the cabbage (7)

18 Garden flower (5)

21 Radioactive element (5)

22 Heather (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Contraltos, 7 Forwards, 8 Brew, 9 Below, 10 Distend, 12 Contributions, 15 Statute, 17 Spume, 20 Dean, 21 Excusing, 22 Consistent. Down: 1 Chore, 2 Newport, 3 Rare, 4 Luscious, 5 Orbit, 6 Pennon, 11 Distress, 13 Outset, 14 Impasse, 16 Tango, 18 Manet, 19 Acts.