Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 13/03/2012

Tuesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Mar 2012, 00:00 BST

Across

1 Safety measure (10)

8 Have the upper hand (7)

9 Joint (5)

10 Send out (4)

11 Leave out (4)

12 Ingenuity (3)

14 Cheerless (6)

15 Upgrade (6)

18 A small island (3)

20 Masticate (4)

21 Calm (4)

23 West Indian dance (5)

24 A small dagger (7)

25 Moral sense (10)

Down

1 Exact (7)

2 Dash (4)

3 Coolness (6)

4 Negotiating (8)

5 A crescent-shaped lake (5)

6 Stretch out (6-5)

7 A type of knife (11)

13 Cherished (8)

16 Cut off (7)

17 Ancient Greek city (6)

19 Speed (mus) (5)

22 Soon (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 7 Ankara, 8 Unwrap, 9 Oslo, 10 Santiago, 11 Roseau, 12 Arctic, 14 Zagreb, 17 Lusaka, 19 The Hague, 21 Riga, 22 Knight, 23 Overly.

Down: 1 UNESCO, 2 Saboteur, 3 Nassau, 4 Luanda, 5 Kwai, 6 Bangui, 13 Castries, 15 Athens, 16 Bogota, 17 Lie low, 18 Kigali, 20 Huge.