Compact crossword - The Scotsman 04/09/2012
ACROSS
1 A false rumour (6)
4 Insist on (6)
9 Mounts (7)
10 Punctuation mark (5)
11 A set of beliefs (5)
12 Professed (7)
13 Equivalence (11)
18 Set straight (7)
20 A long narrow crest (5)
22 Show disdain (5)
23 Incessant (7)
24 Fashions (6)
25 One who attended to the horses at an inn (6)
DOWN
1 Opportunity (6)
2 Recess (5)
3 Ill will (7)
5 Outshine (5)
6 With brisk movement (mus) (7)
7 Lay bare (6)
8 Proved (11)
14 A hospital attendant (7)
15 Bitter harangues (7)
16 Turning-point (6)
17 More compact (6)
19 Bird of prey (5)
21 Abide (5)
Monday’s solution
Across: 8 Tom, 9 Chocolate, 10 Towel, 11 Tigress, 12 Holstein, 14 Puma, 15 Tart, 16 Bearskin, 20 Pharaoh, 21 Felix, 23 Annabelle, 24 Nut
Down: 1 Stitch, 2 Smew, 3 Ocelot, 4 Tortoiseshell, 5 Hodge, 6 Lame duck, 7 Red Sea, 13 Lorraine, 15 Top Cat, 17 Reflex, 18 Next to, 19 Tabby, 22 Lynx.