Compact crossword - The Scotsman 01/08/15


ACROSS
1 A kitchen stove (5)
7 Industrious (8)
8 A bottle (5)
10 Magazine (10)
12 Usual (8)
14 A potato (coll) (4)
16 A jetty (4)
17 Blacklists (8)
20 Highly injurious (10)
23 A barrage balloon (5)
24 Little rings (8)
25 Overhead (5)
DOWN
1 Say no (6)
2 Catch one’s breath (4)
3 A sound system (2-2)
4 Frightened (coll) (5)
5 For each person (3,6)
6 Impassive (6)
9 East African country (5)
11 A species of falcon (9)
13 In the past (3)
15 Cancel (coll) (5)
16 A tree of the willow family (6)
18 Specimen (6)
19 A gun (5)
21 Very keen on (coll) (4)
22 A large slice of cake, etc (4)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Repast, 4 Scampi, 9 Minor, 10 Centaur, 11 Tea, 12 Elevenses, 13 Continental, 18 Breakfast, 21 ICI. 22 Systole, 23 Lunch, 24 Dinner, 25 Brunch.
Down: 1 Remote, 2 Pintado, 3 Serve, 5 Canteen, 6 Meals, 7 Inrush, 8 Screen saver, 14 Take one, 15 Avignon, 16 Abused, 17 Eighth, 19 Essen, 20 Tiler.