Compact crossword - The Scotsman
ACROSS
1 Offence (5)
7 Grow together (8)
8 Vacant (5)
10 Self-willed (10)
12 Earnest prayer (8)
14 Demeanour (4)
16 Wander over (4)
17 Perturbed (8)
20 Small reddish-brown bats (10)
23 Surgical knife (5)
24 South American capital (8)
25 Steer clear of (5)
DOWN
1 Public nursery (6)
2 Insect (4)
3 Kindly disposed (4)
4 Wind instrument (5)
5 Keep company (with) (9)
6 Norwegian city (6)
9 Middle Eastern country (5)
11 Tall and robust (9)
13 Tie-on label (3)
15 Booth (5)
16 Slumber (6)
18 Synopsis (6)
19 A savoury meat-jelly (5)
21 Anger (4)
22 Plunder (4)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Milton, 4 Keynes, 9 Bible, 10 Reading, 11 Lea, 12 Timepiece, 13 Sympathetic, 18 Optometry, 21 Err, 22 Milford, 23 Haven, 24 Nudism, 25 Fourth.
Down: 1 Mobile, 2 Library, 3 Overt, 5 Example, 6 Noise, 7 Signet, 8 Promptitude, 14 Pompous, 15 Ice over, 16 Norman, 17 French, 19 Tiled, 20 Yahoo.