Compact crossword - The Scotsman 23/03/2012

Friday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Mar 2012, 00:00 BST

Across

1 Trumpet shell (5)

4 Apartment in North America (5)

10 Rabbit (alt spelling) (5)

11 Curved inwards (7)

12 Nourished (8)

13 Aware of (4)

15 Strong (6)

17 Choir (6)

19 Fine sediment (4)

20 Contemplate (8)

23 Invalidating (7)

24 Funnel-shaped (5)

25 Town in North Wales (5)

26 Dazzling unsteady light (5)

Down

2 Processor (5)

3 Declare something even (3,5)

5 Piggish noise (4)

6 Sloping surface by sink (7)

7 Reducing waste (11)

8 Twist (5)

9 Rebuild (11)

14 Bodily 8)

16 Italian astronomer (7)

18 Central African country (5)

21 Benefactor (5)

22 Opinion (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Performing, 7 Tumblers, 8 Crew, 9 Petty, 10 Carrots, 12 Housebreaking, 15 Stealth, 17 Usage, 20 Junk, 21 Outbreak, 22 Bedraggled. Down: 1 Prude, 2 Rebates, 3 Obey, 4 Mistakes, 5 Nicer, 6 Neaten, 11 Abattoir, 13 On tour, 14 Kestrel, 16 Ankle, 18 Grand, 19 Stag.