Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 26/10/13
Com
Across
1 Large airliner (coll) (5)
7 Privation (8)
8 White soft rock (5)
10 Very popular book (10)
12 Christmas season (8)
14 Snakes (4)
16 Carried (4)
17 Greeted (8)
20 Plebiscite (10)
23 Tree (5)
24 First principles (8)
25 Wager (5)
DOWN
1 Manoeuvre (6)
2 Tuber (4)
3 Jargon (4)
4 Snake (5)
5 Healthy (9)
6 Treats mercifully (6)
9 Romantic poet (1795-1821) (5)
11 Makes clear (9)
13 Proper (3)
15 Brushwood (5)
16 Infertile (6)
18 Girl’s name (6)
19 Avarice (5)
21 Memorandum (4)
22 Dissolve (4)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Tackle, 4 Batman,
9 Robin, 10 Amalgam, 11 Ida,
12 Avalanche, 13 Regrettable,
18 Incommode, 21 Cue,
22 Breadth, 23 Rough,
24 Tumble, 25 Terror.
Down: 1 Turnip, 2 Cabbage,
3 Lanka, 5 Alabama, 6 Magic,
7 Number, 8 Catastrophe,
14 Remodel, 15 Lacquer,
16 Gibbet, 17 Zephyr, 19 Cream, 20 Eerie.