Compact crossword 04/06/2011
ACROSS
1 Ill-defined (5)
4 Hard work (coll) (5)
10 Very fast (5)
11 A short rope (naut) (7)
12 Explains (a mystery) (6,2)
13 Extinct flightless bird (4)
15 Type of car (6)
17 Money-lender (6)
19 Character in Othello (4)
20 Flowering plant (8)
23 Inborn (7)
24 Very small quantity (5)
25 Lags behind (5)
26 One of the Three Musketeers (5)
DOWN
2 Copious (5)
3 Weaker party (8)
5 Tear asunder (4)
6 Taste (7)
7 Cavalcades (11)
8 Influence (coll) (5)
9 Suspension of proceedings (11)
14 An edible snail (8)
16 Detonator (7)
18 Retort (5)
21 US state (5)
22 Steep rock (4)
Friday's solution
Across: 7 Decompression, 9 Chamber, 10 Cheek, 11 Typo, 12 After, 16 Shock, 17 Sour, 21 Cream, 22 Illicit, 23 Preternatural.
Down: 1 Educate, 2 Scrappy, 3 Ameba, 4 Psyched, 5 Tiger, 6 Snake, 8 Rarefaction, 13 Whimper, 14 Concert, 15 Brittle, 18 Scope, 19 Jewel, 20 Glitz.