Compact crossword - The Scotsman 04/06/12
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.