Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 12/06/13
Across
5 Read cursorily (4)
9 Blush (5)
10 Tombstone inscription (7)
11 Learned lady (12)
13 Onomatopoeic (6)
14 Blush (6)
17 Memorable occasion (3-6,3)
20 Aquatic bird (7)
21 Saltpetre (5)
22 Hue (4)
23 Vegetation (8)
DOWN
1 Heraldic green (4)
2 Sucking sound (7)
3 One in the background exercising power (4,8)
4 Score (6)
6 Brownish-yellow (5)
7 Dark reddish-brown (8)
8 Old-fashioned grate with oven (7-5)
12 Dilapidated (8)
15 Conscript (7)
16 One making amends (6)
18 US singer/songwriter (5)
19 Covered with morning moisture (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 1 Astute, 4 Athens, 9 Placate, 10 Lasso, 11 Liege, 12 Repulse, 13 Persevering, 18 Scarlet, 20 Crave, 22 Lotto, 23 Ostrich, 24 Sidles, 25 Admits. Down: 1 Appals, 2 Trade, 3 Travels, 5 Tulip, 6 Epsilon, 7 Shower, 8 Deprivation, 14 Exalted, 15 Recited, 16 Psalms, 17 Meshes, 19 Loose, 21 Alibi.