Compact crossword - The Scotsman 30/08/13

Friday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Santa Claus’s laugh (2-2-2)

4 Ecclesiastical building (6)

9 Feeling of anxiety (5)

10 Arrogant (7)

11 Definite article (3)

12 Ballroom dance (4,5)

13 Boxer (11)

18 At once (9)

21 5th musical note (3)

22 Otalgia (7)

23 County (5)

24 Stopped (6)

25 System (6)

DOWN

1 Fireside (6)

2 Sanitation (7)

3 Excited (3-2)

5 Car make (7)

6 Treatment centre (5)

7 Tomboy (6)

8 Author who doesn’t take the credit (5-6)

14 Car eg (7)

15 Marijuana (7)

16 Anew (6)

17 Armoured plate (6)

19 Rustic (5)

20 Rash speed (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Out of sorts, 7 Prosper, 8 Egypt. 10 Rife, 11 Well-born, 13 Talent, 15 Goethe, 17 Answered, 18 Span, 21 Spode, 22 Iguanas, 23 Pentangles.

Down: 1 On-off, 2 Tape, 3 Furled, 4 Overlook, 5 Tayport, 6 Spirituals, 9 Tenderness, 12 Indecent, 14 Lissome, 16 Benign, 19 Ponds, 20 Cull.