Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 02/09/13

Monday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Sep 2013, 01:00 BST

Across

8 Poorly (3)

9 Salesman (9)

10 Nude (5)

11 Expose (7)

12 Indian songbird (8)

14 Daze (4)

15 US car (4)

16 Symbol used to represent a word (8)

20 Type of barometer (7)

21 Drawing-room (5)

23 Make worse (9)

24 Tank (3)

DOWN

1 Austrian capital (6)

2 Anti-aircraft fire (4)

3 Sports centres (6)

4 Levy (5-5,3)

5 Climbing-plant of the pea family (5)

6 Lift (US) (8)

7 Rehearsal (3,3)

13 Pupae of some small insects (4-4)

15 Hindu incarnation (6)

17 Storey (anag) (6)

18 Brief note (6)

19 Bluish-green tweed (5)

22 Magma (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Drift, 7 Sensible, 8 Bleak, 10 Ungoverned, 12 Enervate, 14 Waur, 16 Skip, 17 Trounced, 20 Ridiculous, 23 Poker, 24 Furlough, 25 Fetch.

Down: 1 Dabble, 2 Frau, 3 Demo, 4 Askew, 5 Abundance, 6 Bender, 9 Knave, 11 Bewilders, 13 Tor, 15 Sun-up, 16 Strife, 18 Dearth, 19 Scoop, 21 Logs, 22 Sore.