Compact crossword - The Scotsman 14/04/14

Monday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Apr 2014, 02:08 BST
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ACROSS

8 Bother (3)

9 Dessert (5,4)

10 Winter pear (5)

11 Readable (7)

12 Pay close attention (4,4)

14 Tiny particle (4)

15 Conifer (4)

16 Brandy (8)

20 Spanish painter (7)

21 Mortal (5)

23 Fruit covering (5,4)

24 A female (3)

DOWN

1 Edible kernel (6)

2 Seethe (4)

3 Nomads (anag) (6)

4 Dessert (5,8)

5 Jam (5)

6 Red southeast Asian fruit (8)

7 Rivulet (6)

13 Marsh-marigolds (8)

15 Tall tree (6)

17 For a short period (6)

18 Horse chestnut (6)

19 Chelmsford’s county (5)

22 Tall pole (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Whist, 7 Pelicans, 8 Radar, 10 Periwinkle, 12 Nonsense, 14 ASAP, 16 Edam, 17 Spurious, 20 Bogged down, 23 Debar,

24 Workaday, 25 Study.

Down: 1 Warden, 2 Slap, 3 Peri, 4 Digit, 5 Talks shop, 6 Asleep, 9 Repel, 11 Endangers, 13 Sop, 15 Crowd, 16 Elbows, 18 Surrey, 19 Recap, 21 Drab, 22 Neat.