Compact crossword - The Scotsman
Across
1 Buy off (5)
7 Suggested (8)
8 Majestic (5)
10 Town in Lanarkshire (10)
12 Access (8)
14 Large-headed nail (4)
16 European capital city (4)
17 Sufficient (8)
20 Extraordinary (10)
23 Gross amount (5)
24 Bandage (8)
25 Turn of phrase (5)
Down
1 Exchange (6)
2 Shine (4)
3 Shrewd (4)
4 Superfluous (5)
5 Fundamental (9)
6 Turned bad (6)
9 Type of water-lily (5)
11 Scurried (9)
13 Despondent (3)
15 Hunker down (5)
16 Swift-flowing part of a river (6)
18 Symbol (6)
19 Brag (5)
21 Vast ages (4)
22 Noisy (4)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Regale, 4 Astral, 9 Galop, 10 A fat lot, 11 All, 12 All Blacks, 13 Worldly-wise, 18 Lowlander, 21 Lar,
22 Overlie, 23 Lucky, 24 Dilute, 25 Brutal.
Down: 1 Raglan, 2 Galileo, 3 Lepta, 5 Shallow, 6 Relic, 7 Latest, 8 Gall-bladder, 14 Leaflet, 15 Solicit, 16 Almond,
17 Argyll, 19 Wheel, 20 Ruler.