Compact crossword
ACROSS
7 City in Texas (6)
8 Equanimity (6)
9 Beer (Austr coll) (4)
10 Anticipated (8)
11 Boy's name (6)
12 Revises (6)
14 Mitigated (6)
17 Mob (6)
19 Thrilled (8)
21 Large blood-sucking mite (4)
22 Part of a spacecraft (6)
23 Unit of currency in Israel (6)
DOWN
1 Consecrated (6)
2 Glaring (8)
3 Belgian city (6)
4 Black-and-white bird (6)
5 Alliance (4)
6 Threaten (6)
13 Incense (8)
15 Summon with a gesture (6)
16 Hesitate (6)
17 Alcove (6)
18 Small secure cupboard (6)
20 Tense (4)
Monday's solution
Across: 1 Gerald Ford, 8 Inn-sign, 9 Alibi, 10 Mire, 11 Polk, 12 Eel, 14 Calvin, 15 Tinsel, 18 Raw, 20 Amok, 21 Grin, 23 Egret, 24 Risotto, 25 George Bush.
Down: 1 General, 2 Ruin, 3 Lyndon, 4 Franklin, 5 Rhine, 6 Jimmy Carter, 7 Bill Clinton, 13 Disaster, 16 Scratch, 17 Monroe, 19 Worse, 22 Esau.