Compact crossword - The Scotsman 10/11/14

ACROSS:

1 Persian governor (6)

4 Food supplier (6)

9 Internal secretion (7)

10 Welsh dog (5)

11 Fertile spot (5)

12 Mayonnaise dressing (7)

13 Substitute (11)

18 Tool (7)

20 Zest (5)

22 Confined to school (5)

23 Curative treatment (7)

24 Bristly (6)

25 Please (anag) (6)

DOWN:

1 Group of whales (6)

2 Limited periods (5)

3 Stimulation (7)

5 Runner (5)

6 Screen of cloth (7)

7 Sierra (anag) (6)

8 Express visibly (11)

14 Printing-plate (7)

15 Lodestones (7)

16 Financial statement (6)

17 Seek friendship (4,2)

19 Portable chair (5)

21 Ray (fish) (5)

Saturday’s solution:

Across: 1 Supply, 4 Ambles, 9 Cited, 10 Arrange, 11 Roe, 12 Earthwork, 13 Stone-walled, 18 Momentous, 21 Foe, 22 Skillet, 23 No-nos, 24 Dressy, 25 Admire.

Down: 1 Secure, 2 Patient, 3 Lodge, 5 Marshal, 6 Lingo, 7 Speaks, 8 Narrow boats, 14 Nonplus, 15 Effendi, 16 Amused, 17 Lessee, 19 Maine, 20 Synod.