Compact crossword - The Scotsman 19/12/2011

Monday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

7 Addictive drug (6)

8 Istanbul’s country (6)

9 Blackthorn (4)

10 Narrow passage (8)

11 Dependable (6)

12 Systematise (6)

14 Chewing-gum ingredient (6)

17 Short-lived insect (6)

19 Eastern Hemisphere (3,5)

21 All right (4)

22 State of wellbeing (6)

23 Unconcern (6)

DOWN

1 Bank clerk (6)

2 Used in courts of law (8)

3 Notoriety (6)

4 Of a sloping type (6)

5 Salver (4)

6 Benefit (6)

13 Routine (3-2-3)

15 Edmund ________, astronomer (6)

16 Unrefined (6)

17 Half of the distance (6)

18 Liable to let liquids percolate through (6)

20 Astute (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Brock, 4 Glade, 10 Acorn, 11 Enlarge, 12 Destroys, 13 Lair, 15 Safety, 17 Slides, 19 Away, 20 Accurate, 23 Literal, 24 Dread, 25 Crude, 26 Trade.

Down: 2 Roots, 3 Contrite, 5 Lull, 6 Dormant, 7 Hard as nails, 8 Pepys, 9 Decrescendo, 14 Flounder, 16 Flatter, 18 Scale, 21 Ahead, 22 Arid.