Compact crossword - The Scotsman 08/10/12

ACROSS

1 Certainly (10)

8 Scandinavian spirit (7)

9 Hearth (5)

10 Visit (4)

11 Church (4)

12 Half-digested food (3)

14 Hundredth of a cedi in Ghana (6)

15 Sunny (6)

18 Indian rule (3)

20 Test (4)

21 Watch TV (4)

23 County (5)

24 Signallers’ code for m (3,4)

25 Informal report (10)

DOWN

1 Capital of the Isle of Man (7)

2 Slang for best loved (4)

3 Idiot (6)

4 Artifice (8)

5 Reasoning (5)

6 Slogan (11)

7 Available from stock (5-2-4)

13 Small pincers (8)

16 Faint light (7)

17 Cleats (anag) (6)

19 Sap (5)

22 Northerner (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 7 Hammer-thrower, 9 Malachi, 10 Melee, 11 Eddy, 12 Skill, 16 Dubai, 17 Ebro, 21 Pipit, 22 Odorous, 23 Indefatigable.

Down: 1 Chamber, 2 Implode, 3 Perch, 4 Crumble, 5 Swell, 6 Creek, 8 Thinks about, 13 Justify, 14 Absorbs, 15 Bolster, 18 Spain,

19 Spode, 20 Rouge.