Compact crossword - The Scotsman 09/12/2011

Friday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 9th Dec 2011, 00:00 BST

ACROSS

1 Japanese dish (5)

7 Hard wheat semolina (8)

8 Break (5)

10 German dish (10)

12 Greek dish (8)

14 Stove (4)

16 Staple food (4)

17 Insinuation (8)

20 Small Indian fish (6,4)

23 Edible bulb (5)

24 Frothy dessert (8)

25 Cooked in hot fat (5)

DOWN

1 Way (6)

2 Catcall (4)

3 Coca-Cola (4)

4 Japanese port (5)

5 Filled pastry-case (3-2-4)

6 Crystalline compound (6)

9 Rough (5)

11 Mexican dish (9)

13 Know (Scottish (3)

15 Peruvian city (5)

16 Sturdy (6)

18 Unclosed (6)

19 Malaysian dish (5)

21 Narcotic (4)

22 Knot on a tree (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 7 Cool, 8 Emulated, 9 Clink, 10 Tribute, 12 Apt, 13 Blackspot, 16 Recurrent, 17 Opt, 19 Writing, 21 Crass, 23 Absinthe, 24 Cite.

Down: 1 Collapse, 2 Flank, 3 Yen, 4 Hurricane, 5 Lambast, 6 Debt, 11 Clarinets, 14 Opposite, 15 Austria, 18 Crack, 20 Robe, 22 Zen.