Compact crossword - The Scotsman 05/10/12

Friday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Fast (5)

4 Tan (5)

10 Pried (5)

11 Dustpan (anag) (5,2)

12 Uprising by Palestinians (8)

13 Jetty (4)

15 Surpass (6)

17 Heaviness (6)

19 Oil pit (4)

20 To be played at a reasonable speed (music) (8)

23 Parallelogram (7)

24 Spanish wine (5)

25 Following (5)

26 Startle (5)

DOWN

2 Disturb (5)

3 Systematised (8)

5 20 quires (4)

6 Marriage (7)

7 Annual celebration (11)

8 Incidental remark (5)

9 In working order (11)

14 Investigation (8)

16 Be unseated (4,3)

18 Most bad (5)

21 Without life (5)

22 Competent (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Driveshaft, 7 Convener, 8 Ripe, 9 Split, 10 Stature, 12 Interrogation, 15 Thicken, 17 Wreck, 20 Spur, 21 Imitates,

22 Negligence. Down: 1 Droop, 2 Invoice, 3 Erne, 4 Heritage, 5 First, 6 Oporto, 11 Free will, 13 No hope, 14 Terrain, 16 Curse,

18 Crete, 19 Wing.

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