Compact crossword - The Scotsman 27/11/2012
ACROSS
1 Execute (6)
4 Foils (6)
9 Fruit (7)
10 Downright (5)
11 A large aquatic rodent (5)
12 Annoying (7)
13 An American pit-viper (13)
18 Inconvenience (7)
20 Line of work (5)
22 Plump (5)
23 Flat-bottomed boats (7)
24 Tendencies (6)
25 Had a break (6)
DOWN
1 Bough (6)
2 Lay waste (5)
3 Reckon (7)
5 Lorry (5)
6 A kind of pick-axe (7)
7 Waited on (6)
8 Counter-attacks (7,4)
14 Forbidding (7)
15 Distinguished (7)
16 Skilful (6)
17 Ended (6)
19 Turned upside-down (5)
21 Distribute (5)
Monday’s solution
Across: 8 New, 9 Ufologist, 10 Gamin, 11 Network, 12 Alphabet, 14 Thud, 15 Zero, 16 Majestic, 20 Graphic, 21 Papua, 23 Allowance, 24 PNG. Down: 1 Enigma, 2 Swim, 3 Guinea, 4 Countenancing, 5 Booty, 6 Ricochet, 7 Stoked, 13 Portable, 15 Zigzag, 17 Espied,
18 Charge, 19 Shawl, 22 Pupa.