Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 14/01/13

Published on 14/01/2013 00:00

Monday’s puzzle...

Across

7 Acid-neutralising chemical (6)

8 Frothy dish (6)

9 Coarse file (4)

10 Del loped (anag) (4,4)

11 Great merchant ship (6)

12 It follows summer (6)

14 Fleet of warships (6)

17 Unaccented (6)

19 Cold sweet on a stick (3,5)

21 Certain (4)

22 Be in contact (6)

23 Yearly (6)

Down

1 Star in constellation Aquila (6)

2 Capital of Navarre (8)

3 Remove moisture (3-3)

4 Protozoan (6)

5 Soft fleshy plant tissue (4)

6 Place of refuge (6)

13 Ten hundred (8)

15 Ebb (6)

16 Obliquely across (6)

17 Nevertheless (6)

18 Overseas (6)

20 Facial expression (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Stabs, 4 Ogles, 10 Imply, 11 Nourish, 12 Incubate, 13 Sign, 15 Trance, 17 Pounce, 19 Each, 20 Complete, 23 Leering,

24 Extol, 25 Steep, 26 Essay. Down: 2 Topic, 3 Buys back, 5 Glum, 6 Edition, 7 Pipistrelle, 8 Unity, 9 Chanterelle, 14 Compress, 16 Ancient, 18 Tough, 21 Extra, 22 Fine.