Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 07/09/13
Across
7 World-wide (13)
9 Makes louder (5,2)
10 Besiege (5)
11 Large flightless birds (4)
12 Coupling (5)
16 A donkey (5)
17 Gorse (4)
21 Stationary (5)
22 Put in order (7)
23 Prayers (13)
Down
1 Wine merchant (7)
2 Breast-bone (7)
3 Overwhelm (5)
4 Nowhere to be found (7)
5 Get one’s back up (5)
6 Be on fire (5)
8 Suitable (11)
13 Stern (7)
14 Irish river (7)
15 Let go (7)
18 Courteous (5)
19 Trivial (5)
20 Money (coll) (5)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Spasm, 4 Quids,
10 Rioja, 11 Testudo, 12 Scot-free, 13 Slav, 15 Castle, 17 Ramsey,
19 Town, 20 Port Erin,
23 Exigent, 24 Blaze,
25 Slily (or slyly), 26 Knots.
Down: 2 Photo, 3 Snaefell,
5 Unst, 6 Douglas, 7 Grass-cutter, 8 Strew, 9 Conveyancer,
14 Waste bin, 16 Sawmill,
18 Booth, 21 Roast, 22 Peel.