Compact crossword - The Scotsman 14/04/2012

Saturday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Apr 2012, 05:17 BST

ACROSS

1 In one piece (5)

7 A scolding old woman (8)

8 Material (5)

10 Conveys (10)

12 A great number (coll) (8)

14 Startle (4)

16 Skim along (4)

17 A light, open one-seated carriage (8)

20 Prolonged (10)

23 A crude preliminary sketch (5)

24 Optical instrument (8)

25 Shrink (from) (5)

DOWN

1 Sagacity (6)

2 Attic (4)

3 Give prior notice (4)

4 Complaint (coll) (5)

5 Devotion (9)

6 Complete agreement (6)

9 Infirm (5)

11 Pacts (9)

13 Capture (3)

15 Put two and two together (5)

16 Waver (6)

18 Old Testament book (6)

19 Expropriated (5)

21 Body entertaining the troops (4)

22 Extinct flightless bird (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Square, 4 Rustic, 9 Coral, 10 Society, 11 Nog, 12 Clinician, 13 Strangeness, 18 Potpourri, 21 Leo, 22 Drastic, 23 Mahdi, 24 Sweden, 25 Sierra.

Down: 1 Second, 2 Upright, 3 Relic, 5 Unction, 6 Trevi, 7 Crying, 8 Asking price, 14 Apostle, 15 Sulphur, 16 Spades, 17 Godiva, 19 Thane, 20 Iambi.