Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 10/06/13

Across

8 Over there (3)

9 Spouse (5,4)

10 Struggle (3-2)

11 Perfume (7)

12 Protuberant stomach (3-5)

14 Adjoin (4)

15 Father (4)

16 Openly (2,6)

20 Spectrum (7)

21 John _____, English poet (5)

23 Insignificant (5-4)

24 New (prefix) (3)

Down

1 Bushy herb (6)

2 Single item (4)

3 Knotty (6)

4 Instruction for MPs (5-4,4)

5 Strut (anag) (5)

6 Carthaginian general (8)

7 Bring about (6)

13 Final (8)

15 Tension (6)

17 Maintenance (6)

18 Twin star (6)

19 Dagger signs (5)

22 “Rule Britannia” composer (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Court, 7 Streamed, 8 Shape, 10 Enterprise, 12 Mandolin, 14 Dust, 16 Clip, 17 Sympathy,

20 Autocratic, 23 Notch, 24 Conflict, 25 Yeats. Down: 1 Custom, 2 Ripe, 3 Stye, 4 Heaps, 5 Ambiguity,

6 Advent, 9 Enjoy, 11 Enlisting, 13 Ivy, 15 Spain, 16 Chance, 18 Yachts, 19 Scale, 21 Arch, 22 Cope.