Compact crossword - The Scotsman, 30/08/2014

Saturday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Aug 2014, 01:02 BST

ACROSS


1 A sudden burst of light (5)

7 Thrive (8)

8 Comprehend (5)

10 Showing early development (10)

12 Confined (8)

14 The Greek god of love (4)

16 Harvest (4)

17 Declared (8)

20 Decayed (10)

23 Drench (5)

24 Wrinkling (of cloth, etc) (8)

25 Norwegian dramatist (1828-1906) (5)

DOWN

1 Number (6)

2 A coarse file (4)

3 Alliance (4)

4 Cluster (5)

5 Units of mass (9)

6 Apparitions (6)

9 Verification (5)

11 Withdrew from competition (9)

13 Pixie (3)

15 Penalised financially (5)

16 Diminish (6)

18 Cast a shadow (6)

19 Shatter (5)

21 Sound of a pig (4)

22 Dull (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Locate, 4 Little, 9 Amour, 10 Unlatch, 11 Toe, 12 Bacterium, 13 Pandora’s box, 18 Epidermis, 21 Sac, 22 Thyroid, 23 Ulcer, 24 Relent, 25 Sleepy.

Down: 1 Lean-to, 2 Cholera, 3 Throb, 5 Illness, 6 Tutti, 7 Exhume, 8 Quack remedy, 14 Die down, 15 Ossicle, 16 Fester, 17 Scurvy, 19 Idyll, 20 Skull.