Compact crossword - The Scotsman

Saturday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jan 2012, 04:33 BST

Across

1 Buy off (5)

7 Suggested (8)

8 Majestic (5)

10 Town in Lanarkshire (10)

12 Access (8)

14 Large-headed nail (4)

16 European capital city (4)

17 Sufficient (8)

20 Extraordinary (10)

23 Gross amount (5)

24 Bandage (8)

25 Turn of phrase (5)

Down

1 Exchange (6)

2 Shine (4)

3 Shrewd (4)

4 Superfluous (5)

5 Fundamental (9)

6 Turned bad (6)

9 Type of water-lily (5)

11 Scurried (9)

13 Despondent (3)

15 Hunker down (5)

16 Swift-flowing part of a river (6)

18 Symbol (6)

19 Brag (5)

21 Vast ages (4)

22 Noisy (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Regale, 4 Astral, 9 Galop, 10 A fat lot, 11 All, 12 All Blacks, 13 Worldly-wise, 18 Lowlander, 21 Lar,

22 Overlie, 23 Lucky, 24 Dilute, 25 Brutal.

Down: 1 Raglan, 2 Galileo, 3 Lepta, 5 Shallow, 6 Relic, 7 Latest, 8 Gall-bladder, 14 Leaflet, 15 Solicit, 16 Almond,

17 Argyll, 19 Wheel, 20 Ruler.