Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 22/01/13

Tuesday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Egg-beater (6)

4 College servants at Oxford (6)

9 Be worthy of (7)

10 Imprecise (5)

11 Adversary (5)

12 Set free (7)

13 Generous (4-7)

18 Wrench (7)

20 Climb up (5)

22 Unit of capacity (5)

23 Superficial (7)

24 Emphasise (6)

25 Asserted (6)

Down

1 Soaked through (6)

2 Outlet (5)

3 Proceed (5,2)

5 Use false arguments (5)

6 Raise in status (7)

7 Deflected (6)

8 Award for courage (6,5)

14 Large flat dish (7)

15 In the ascendant (7)

16 Devotional songs (6)

17 Simmered (6)

19 Requires (5)

21 Pitch-black (5)

Monday’s solution

Across: 8 RAF, 9 New Forest, 10 First, 11 Shallot, 12 Book-debt, 14 Boss, 15 Deep, 16 Scaffold, 20 Turmoil, 21 Clump, 23 Medicinal, 24 Air.

Down: 1 Prefab, 2 Afar, 3 United, 4 Swashbuckling, 5 Royal, 6 Well-to-do, 7 States, 13 Override, 15 Do time, 17 Fickle,

18 Depart, 19 Force, 22 USAF.