Compact crossword - The Scotsman 05/12/14
ACROSS
1 Diving bird (5)
7 Sensational story (8)
8 Largest island in the Cyclades (5)
10 Small European warbler (10)
12 Small acrobatic bird (8)
14 Sea eagle (4)
16 Foam (4)
17 Used pair (anag) (8)
20 Pale-coloured heron (5,5)
23 Female ruff (5)
24 Pink bird (8)
25 Wading bird (5)
DOWN
1 Large seabird (6)
2 Group of nations (4)
3 Cook (4)
4 Perching songbird (5)
5 Large seabird (9)
6 Dessert (6)
9 Sprout (5)
11 Grouse-like bird (9)
13 Undermine (3)
15 Marsh bird (5)
16 Reprimanded (3,3)
18 Strike out (6)
19 Lapwing (5)
21 Energetic (2-2)
22 Long-winged seabird (4)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 7 Zion, 8 Unlikely, 9 Scamp, 10 Entrust, 12 Cut, 13 Reverence, 16 Respected, 17 Hut, 19 Dragged, 21 Probe, 23 Tiramisu, 24 Weed.
Down: 1 Tincture, 2 Gnome, 3 But, 4 Slandered, 5 Skirted, 6 Alps, 11 Leucaemia, 14 Crumbled, 15 Epigram, 18 Frown, 20 Ruin, 22 Rut.