Compact crossword - The Scotsman 22/03/13
ACROSS
1 Piece of grass (5)
4 Underground railway (5)
10 Dundee area (5)
11 Object of terror (7)
12 Pasta tubes (8)
13 Pierce (4)
15 Architectural style (6)
17 Loop (6)
19 Pit (4)
20 _________lights (8)
23 By means of (7)
24 Detection method (5)
25 Swift (5)
26 Joyful (5)
DOWN
2 Reasoning (5)
3 Area (8)
5 Hebridean island (4)
6 Automatic (7)
7 West London district (11)
8 Dark wood (5)
9 System of bookkeeping (6-5)
14 Australian state (8)
16 Inner (7)
18 Macho (anag) (5)
21 Turn out to be (3,2)
22 London Underground (4)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 1 Compatible, 7 Magnolia, 8 Vile, 9 Spite, 10 Minding, 12 Characterised, 15 Prelate, 17 Psalm, 20 Flop, 21 Explains, 22 Persecuted. Down: 1 Cramp, 2 Monster, 3 Able, 4 Imagined, 5 Livid, 6 Glance, 11 Scatters, 13 Herald, 14 Instant, 16 Lapse, 18 Lined, 19 Epic.