Compact Crossword - The Scotsman, 30/3/2012

Friday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Depression (5)

7 Lens (8)

8 Spherical (5)

10 Cow in ‘The Magic Roundabout’ (10)

12 Topple (4,4)

14 Ignore correction (4)

16 Bloodstained (4)

17 Faint (8)

20 5 down (10)

23 Treatment centre (5)

24 16 down in the past (4,4)

25 Tiny quantity (5)

Down

1 Psychiatrist (6)

2 Pit (4)

3 21 down Welsh spelling (4)

4 Sudden outbreak (5)

5 Decrease (9)

6 Discard (6)

9 Sap (5)

11 Process of becoming less (9)

13 Cloth measure (3)

15 Thespian (5)

16 Descend (2,4)

18 Fall over (6)

19 Denis (anag) (5)

21 River flowing through Carmarthen (4)

22 Approach (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 7 Scan, 8 Dreadful, 9 Edify, 10 Builder, 12 Emu, 13 Scallions, 16 Scrubbing, 17 Imp, 19 Abysmal, 21 Spill, 23 Reminded, 24 Ruse. Down: 1 Academic, 2 Knife, 3 Add, 4 Beguiling, 5 Idyllic, 6 Cute, 11 Scabbards, 14 Nameless, 15 Pursuit, 18 Spark, 20 Brew, 22 Odd.