Compact crossword - The Scotsman 06/03/2012

Tuesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Mar 2012, 00:00 BST

Across

8 Daily grind (3)

9 Intolerance (9)

10 Hanker for (5)

11 Continuous (7)

11 Take flight (8)

14 Jetty (4)

15 Borders town (4)

16 Arrived at (8)

20 Spicy rice dish (7)

21 Purge (5)

23 Naval battle (9)

24 Lettuce (3)

Down

1 Wiles (6)

2 Portico (4)

3 Maintenance (6)

4 Alternative choices (6,7)

5 Decide the merits of (5)

6 Disagreement (8)

7 Attendant in a church (6)

13 Not typical (8)

15 Altercation (6)

17 Ridiculous (6)

18 Constraint (6)

19 Commonplace (5)

22 Interjection expressing pain (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Stuffy, 4 Balsam, 9 Israeli, 10 Aspen, 11 Gaped, 12 Compact, 13 Culmination, 18 Termini, 20 Gusto, 22 Asset, 23 Untaxed, 24 Donjon, 25 Python.

Down: 1 Stingy, 2 U-trap, 3 Freedom, 5 Alarm, 6 Soprano, 7 Minute, 8 Discontinue, 14 Uprisen, 15 Tightly, 16 At hand, 17 Jordan, 19 In two, 21 Sixth.