Compact crossword - The Scotsman 22/04/13

Monday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Apr 2013, 01:29 BST

ACROSS

1 Not liable to stumble (10)

8 Assembly (7)

9 Discourage (5)

10 Hard work (4)

11 Small bird (4)

12 17, 16, 8 (1,1,1)

14 Join the military (6)

15 Terror (6)

18 5, 4, 16, 8 (1,1,1)

20 Pine (4)

21 Bloodsucker (4)

23 Medical assistant (5)

24 Refereed (7)

25 Papal letter (10)

DOWN

1 Of a particular kind (7)

2 Track (4)

3 Digit (6)

4 Usual (8)

5 Additional (5)

6 Tiny fragments (11)

7 Punctuality (11)

13 Old stringed instrument (8)

16 Army officer (7)

17 Yearly (6)

19 Idiot (5)

22 Large-scale (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 7 Transgression, 9 Rotters, 10 Leeds, 11 Core, 12 Booth, 16 Regal, 17 Calm, 21 Loyal, 22 Intense, 23 Merchant banks.

Down: 1 Attract, 2 Pattern, 3 Ashen, 4 Isolate, 5 Cider, 6 Gnash, 8 Restoration, 13 Healthy, 14 Warning, 15 Immense, 18 Plums, 19 Myrrh, 20 Stabs.