Compact crossword - The Scotsman 03/02/2012

Friday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Feb 2012, 01:37 BST

ACROSS

1 Frumpish (5)

7 Gardenia (anag) (8)

8 Father (5)

10 Australian wind instrument (10)

12 Transfer computer data (8)

14 Button (4)

16 Intellect (4)

17 Scraps left over (8)

20 Stupid (4-6)

23 Unclothed (5)

24 Loitered (8)

25 Slept lightly (5)

DOWN

1 Avoided (6)

2 Ken ____, comedian (4)

3 Medicinal substance (4)

4 Daily record book (5)

5 Gymnastic feat (9)

6 Farther than (6)

9 Give up (5)

11 Diminishing (9)

13 Count up (3)

15 Port in NW Germany (5)

16 Halfway (6)

18 Squalid (6)

19 Rough cloth (5)

21 Fastened with string (4)

22 Lower part of interior wall (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 7 Curt, 8 Pretoria, 9 Abuse, 10 Amusing, 12 Dry, 13 Pertinent, 16 Stratagem, 17 Age, 19 Dawning, 21 Crate, 23 Badgered, 24 Spat.

Down: 1 Outburst, 2 Stash, 3 Apt, 4 Permitted, 5 Consent, 6 Lien, 11 Retainers, 14 Nightjar, 15 Carnage, 18 Cross, 20 Ajar, 22 Ode.