Compact crossword
ACROSS
1 Sagacious (6)
4 A seaside grass (6)
9 Trading ban (7)
10 Terrible (5)
11 Salad plant (5)
12 Harassed (7)
13 Understands (11)
18 Performer (7)
20 Sales talk (5)
22 Tolerate (5)
23 Defame (7)
24 Southern European capital (6)
25 Grab (6)
DOWN
1 Bureau (6)
2 Chart (5)
3 Arrives (5,2)
5 Informed (5)
6 Renounced (7)
7 Illness (6)
8 Final touches (11)
14 Large flightless bird (7)
15 Spell out (7)
16 North American state (6)
17 Separate the grain from the chaff (6)
19 Radiance (5)
21 Fidelity (5)
Monday's solution
Across: 8 Act, 9 Probation, 10 Enter, 11 Residue, 12 Testator, 14 Tail, 15 Bond, 16 Wardship, 20 Outcrop, 21 Cover, 23 Stoneware, 24 Two.
Down: 1 Patent, 2 Stet, 3 Sparta, 4 Court of Appeal, 5 Cause, 6 Birdbath, 7 Unwell, 13 Sanction, 15 Blouse, 17 Decree, 18 Pardon, 19 Brief 22 Veto.