Compact crossword - The Scotsman 10/12/12

Published on 10/12/2012 02:15

Monday’s puzzle...

Across

1 House physician (6)

4 Sluggishness (6)

9 King (7)

10 Annotator (5)

11 Giant armadillo (5)

12 Royal attendant (7)

13 Chimney builder (11)

18 Grandmother (7)

20 Mrs Major (5)

22 Loafer (5)

23 Competitor (7)

24 Formidable person (6)

25 Dealer (6)

DOWN

1 Prison occupant (6)

2 Belief (5)

3 Redirect (7)

5 Indian believer (5)

6 Intestinal (7)

7 Victim of suffering (6)

8 One conducting the crowd (11)

14 Fisherman (7)

15 Doorkeeper (7)

16 Self-interested person (6)

17 Milliner (6)

19 Skin (5)

21 _____ Dahl, author (5)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Excuse, 4 Afraid, 9 Error, 10 Not long, 11 Tea, 12 Premieres, 13 Interrogates, 18 Sandpaper, 21 Use, 22 Recluse,

23 Laden, 24 Stride, 25 Accent. Down: 1 Events, 2 Certain, 3 Strop, 5 Fitting, 6 Amour, 7 Digest, 8 Interrupted, 14 Expound,

15 Trundle, 16 Usurps, 17 Rennet, 19 Nicer, 20 Relic.