Compact crossword - The Scotsman 21/03/2012

Wednesday’s puzzle . . .
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Mar 2012, 08:07 BST

ACROSS

1 SE Asian communist guerrilla movement (8)

5 Love-god (4)

9 Burgundy (5)

10 Protozoic (7)

11 Furniture-van (12)

13 Attractive (6)

14 Irritable (2,4)

17 Tory (12)

20 Dictionary (7)

21 Mad (slang) (5)

22 Hyphen (4)

23 Clandestinely (8)

DOWN

1 Patch up (4)

2 Country surrounded by another (7)

3 Parliamentary seat (12)

4 Subtle difference (6)

6 Small medieval fiddle (5)

7 Seed-corn (anag) (8)

8 Pilot house (7-5)

12 Dappled (8)

15 Pigeon roost (7)

16 Gain retribution (6)

18 Connected group (5)

19 Rabbit (4)

Tuesday’s solution

ACROSS: 1 Chintz, 4 Adapts, 9 Inferno, 10 Enter, 11 Curio, 12 Numbers, 13 Duplicating, 18 Chianti, 20 Outre, 22 Odour, 23 Nobbles, 24 Tinker, 25 Defend.

DOWN: 1 Clinch, 2 Infer, 3 Turmoil, 5 Dream, 6 Pattern, 7 Stress, 8 Connections, 14 Unicorn, 15 Trouble, 16 Accost, 17 Versed, 19 Nerve, 21 Tulle.