COMPACT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Dessert (5) 4 Lessen (5) 10 Artless (5) 11 Mediocre (7) 12 Polite reply to expression of thanks (3,2,3) 13 Enormous (4) 15 Completely quiet (6) 17 Captivate (6) 19 Remarkable (4) 20 Locate exactly (8) 23 Entourage (7) 24 Composition (mus) (5) 25 Concede (5) 26 Decorate (5)

DOWN 2 A card game (5) 3 Constructing (8) 5 A light machine-gun (4) 6 Defame (7) 7 Alert (2,4,5) 8 Error (5) 9 Discernment (11) 14 Motivated (8) 16 Placed (7) 18 Passenger ship (5) 21 The middle of (5) 22 Opposed to (4)