Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 01/06/13

Saturday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Jun 2013, 01:00 BST

Across

1 A sudden convulsion (5)

4 Outspoken (5)

10 Make oneself scarce (5)

11 Productive (7)

12 Admitted to holy orders (8)

13 Scraps of cloth (4)

15 Move up and down (6)

17 Carouses (6)

19 Prevalent (4)

20 Self-righteous person (8)

23 Got to grips with (7)

24 Uncomplaining in suffering (5)

25 Flower (5)

26 Sluggishness (5)

Down

2 Beat into fine pieces (5)

3 Playwright (1751-1816) (8)

5 Entice (4)

6 Warship (7)

7 Illustrate (11)

8 Time and again (5)

9 Perseverance (11)

14 Act of retaliation (8)

16 Makes happen (7)

18 Overshadow (5)

21 Gargoyle (5)

22 Adhesive (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: 7 Imperturbable,

9 Tangled, 10 Cadge, 11 Even,

12 Using, 16 Vogue, 17 Like,

21 Bar-b-q, 22 Berwick, 23 Fair-and-square.

Down: 1 Vintner, 2 Spanned,

3 Grill, 4 Abscond, 5 Abode,

6 Level, 8 Undisturbed,

13 Coequal, 14 Similar, 15 Heckler, 18 Abaft, 19 Braid, 20 Iraqi.