Compact crossword - The Scotsman 31/08/15

Monday’s puzzle
By The Newsroom
Published 31st Aug 2015, 01:00 BST
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ACROSS

8 Man’s title (3)

9 A vain fool (anag) (2,2,5)

10 Sparkle (5)

11 Yokel (7)

12 Instantaneously (2,1,5)

14 __Tyson, boxer (4)

15 Lazily (4)

16 Misbehaving (6,2)

20 Orange colouring matter (7)

21 Loud (5)

23 In a delicate position (2,4,3)

24 Viral illness (3)

DOWN

1 Old Greek city (6)

2 Of water (4)

3 Russian wolfhound (6)

4 At first glance (2,3,4,2,2)

5 Part of a flower (5)

6 Fluctuating (8)

7 Promise (6)

13 In depth (2,6)

15 Forming a line (2,1,3)

17 Requiring help (2,4)

18 Disbursement (3-3)

19 Undress (5)

22 Gen (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Swift, 7 Sculptor, 8 Equip, 10 Transitory, 12 Sometime, 14 Bide, 16 Real, 17 Fracture, 20 Guaranteed, 23 Wrong, 24 Ructions, 25 Omega.

Down: 1 Sweets, 2 Flit, 3 Scan, 4 Plain, 5 Atrocious, 6 Grayne, 9 Prate, 11 Imbalance, 13 Mar, 15 Screw, 16 Regard, 18 Enigma, 19 Rabid, 21 Tone, 22 Drum.