Compact crossword - The Scotsman 11/03/15
ACROSS
7 Retailed (4)
8 1939 film starring Cary Grant (5,3)
9 1 down European country (5)
10 London football team (7)
12 Miaow (3)
13 Only two cards of a suit in a hand (9)
16 Very thin variety of paper (5-4)
17 Writing instrument (3)
19 Of coins or money (7)
21 Hawaiian greeting (5)
23 Coarser (8)
24 Bellow (4)
DOWN
1 True nosh (anag) (8)
2 Pastoral poem (5)
3 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1,1,1)
4 Active (2,3,4)
5 Elastin (anag) (4,3)
6 Republic of Ireland (4)
11 Restrict (9)
14 Eavesdrop (8)
15 Religious doctrines (7)
18 Extreme (5)
20 _ Bator, capital of Mongolia (4)
22 Samovar (3)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 1 Hobgoblins, 8 Entente, 9 Maine, 10 Lief, 11 Poor, 12 Nub, 14 Endive, 15 Actual, 18 Hub, 20 Rake, 21 Jigs, 23 Rigid, 24 Version, 25 Dehydrates.
Down: 1 Hothead, 2 Bing, 3 Oberon, 4 Limerick, 5 Nairn, 6 Bell-wethers, 7 Verbalising, 13 Everyday, 16 Unifies, 17 Skiver, 19 Bugle, 22 Prat.