Compact crossword - The Scotsman 20/08/13
ACROSS
8 Pique (3)
9 Non-members (9)
10 Armpit (5)
11 Set in action (7)
12 Precarious (8)
14 Fit out (4)
15 College fellows (4)
16 One shipwrecked in a desolate place (8)
20 Penetrated (7)
21 Savoury meat-jelly (5)
23 Disgust (9)
24 Ready (3)
DOWN
1 New growth (6)
2 Walk bouncily (4)
3 A pen for cattle (6)
4 Skill in government (13)
5 Very angry (coll) (5)
6 Row of bushes serving as a fence (8)
7 A place of retreat (6)
13 Imagine (8)
15 Take one’s leave (6)
17 Aims (6)
18 Fast sailing vessels (6)
19 A graduated measure (5)
22 Proceed (4)
Monday’s solution
Across: 1 Far-off, 4 Confer, 9 Upfront, 10 Final, 11 Feral, 12 Farrago, 13 Fortunately, 18 Frantic, 20 Flute, 22 Croft, 23 En effet, 24 Titfer, 25 Factor.
Down: 1 Fluffy, 2 Refer, 3 Froglet, 5 Offer, 6 Fantail, 7 Roll-on, 8 Stiffnecked, 14 Of a sort, 15 Taffeta, 16 Offcut, 17 Fester, 19 Title, 21 Unfit.