Compact crossword - The Scotsman 27/04/2012

Friday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Apr 2012, 01:00 BST

Across

1 Crustacean (5)

7 Continental (8)

8 Burrow (5)

10 Prudent one (anag) (3-7)

12 Victory (8)

14 Frightful (4)

16 and 17 Colorant or preservative (4,8)

20 Computer brain (10)

23 Waste matter (5)

24 Inhabitant of the east (8)

25 Southern European country (5)

Down

1 Written in verse (6)

2 Unit of power (4)

3 Leap (4)

4 Sham (5)

5 Green deposit (9)

6 Power exerted (6)

9 Angry (3-2)

11 Asian country (9)

13 Sorrowful (3)

15 Black-and-blue (5)

16 Muscle that bends a joint (6)

18 US inventor (6)

19 Pong (5)

21 Approve (4)

22 Season’s yield (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 7 Calm, 8 Nuisance, 9 Skill, 10 Appears, 12 Job, 13 Repairing, 16 Ungroomed, 17 Aga, 19 Grasped, 21 Taper, 23 Impudent, 24 Mite. Down: 1 Back down, 2 Smelt, 3 End, 4 Displaced, 5 Careers, 6 Scar, 11 Recovered, 14 Neglects, 15 Brusque, 18 Harms, 20 Ramp, 22 Eta.