Compact crossword - The Scotsman 23/07/13

Tuesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Jul 2013, 02:00 BST

ACROSS

8 Strong, unpleasant smell (coll) (3)

9 Counter-motion (9)

10 Confined (5)

11 Highly syncopated form of music (7)

12 Difficult to understand (8)

14 Roman god of war (4)

15 A light machine-gun (4)

16 Householder (8)

20 Violent storm (7)

21 Location (5)

23 Sturdy motor-vehicle (4-5)

24 Flying saucer (3)

DOWN

1 West Indian dance (3-3)

2 Cocksure (4)

3 Indulge (6)

4 Looking back (13)

5 Old saying (5)

6 Dainty (8)

7 Southern European capital city (6)

13 Damming up (8)

15 Courage (coll) (6)

17 Meaning (6)

18 Small earthquake (6)

19 Cheerful (5)

22 Lean (against) (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Reject, 4 Quartz, 9 Butcher, 10 Tibia, 11 Foyer, 12 Horatio, 13 Candlestick, 18 Chancel, 20 Baker, 22 Maker, 23 Gregory, 24 Nantes, 25 Punned.

Down: 1 Rebuff, 2 Jetty, 3 Cohered, 5 Utter, 6 Robotic, 7 Zealot, 8 Archaeology, 14 Alaskan, 15 Tableau, 16 Acumen, 17 X-rayed, 19 Curve, 21 Known.