Compact crossword - The Scotsman 13/01/14

ACROSS

7 Grey or red fish (6)

8 Follows (6)

9 Percolate (4)

10 Wedding paper (8)

11 Endorse (6)

12 Hallowed place (6)

14 Reposition boundary (6)

17 Fence (6)

19 Wheedle (8)

21 Stare open-mouthed (4)

22 Slag from metal-smelting (6)

23 Rental (anag) (6)

DOWN

1 Dawn (6)

2 On the further side (8)

3 Sturdy (6)

4 Racquet sport (6)

5 Eyot (4)

6 Famous physicist (6)

13 Banish (8)

15 High-voiced male singer (6)

16 Tepee (6)

17 Sectional building (6)

18 Great claw of a crab (6)

20 Unbleached linen colour (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Flout, 4 Drift, 10 Plumb, 11 Embargo, 12 Tearaway, 13 Cant, 15 Impede, 17 Seldom, 19 Hues, 20 Grateful, 23 Equerry, 24 Rebut, 25 Petty, 26 Braes.

Down: 2 Laura, 3 Upbraids, 5 Ruby, 6 Forward, 7 Spotlighted, 8 Relax, 9 Contemplate, 14 Lecturer, 16 Prelude, 18 Drays, 21 Fable, 22 Grit.