Compact crossword - The Scotsman 04/09/2012

Tuesday’s puzzle....
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Sep 2012, 04:48 BST

ACROSS

1 A false rumour (6)

4 Insist on (6)

9 Mounts (7)

10 Punctuation mark (5)

11 A set of beliefs (5)

12 Professed (7)

13 Equivalence (11)

18 Set straight (7)

20 A long narrow crest (5)

22 Show disdain (5)

23 Incessant (7)

24 Fashions (6)

25 One who attended to the horses at an inn (6)

DOWN

1 Opportunity (6)

2 Recess (5)

3 Ill will (7)

5 Outshine (5)

6 With brisk movement (mus) (7)

7 Lay bare (6)

8 Proved (11)

14 A hospital attendant (7)

15 Bitter harangues (7)

16 Turning-point (6)

17 More compact (6)

19 Bird of prey (5)

21 Abide (5)

Monday’s solution

Across: 8 Tom, 9 Chocolate, 10 Towel, 11 Tigress, 12 Holstein, 14 Puma, 15 Tart, 16 Bearskin, 20 Pharaoh, 21 Felix, 23 Annabelle, 24 Nut

Down: 1 Stitch, 2 Smew, 3 Ocelot, 4 Tortoiseshell, 5 Hodge, 6 Lame duck, 7 Red Sea, 13 Lorraine, 15 Top Cat, 17 Reflex, 18 Next to, 19 Tabby, 22 Lynx.