Compact crossword 28/05/2011

Today's puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 27th May 2011, 19:53 BST
Updated 27th May 2011, 20:08 BST

ACROSS

1 Unassuming (6)

4 Run aground (6)

9 Fragrance (5)

10 A rotary motor (7)

11 Floor-mat (3)

12 Crude (9)

13 Goes right to the point aimed at (7,4)

18 Stubborn (9)

21 Fit out (3)

22 Skilled worker (7)

23 Poison got from the castor bean (5)

24 Ravenous (6)

25 Cure (6)

DOWN

1 In short supply (6)

2 Lack of rain (7)

3 Inundate (5)

5 Discolour (7)

6 Excuse for failure (coll) (5)

7 Believed (6)

8 Closed because of industrial action (6-5)

14 Tooth (7)

15 A supernatural event (7)

16 Connect (6)

17 Bureau (6)

19 Unacceptable (coll) (3,2)

20 A great wave (5)

Friday's solution

Across: 1 Stump, 7 Campania, 8 Royal, 10 Tournament, 12 Grudging, 14 Bare, 16 Back, 17 Edentata, 20 Transistor, 23 Radio, 24 Egg-slice, 25 Weird.

Down: 1 Strong, 2 Meat, 3 Hair, 4 Spray, 5 Inveraray, 6 Castle, 9 Lodge, 11 Surcharge, 13 Nod, 15 Endor, 16 Bitter, 18 Almond, 19 Psalm, 21 Sack, 22 Race.

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