Compact crossword - The Scotsman 08/04/15
ACROSS
7 Couple (4)
8 Floor-covering (8)
9 French capital (5)
10 Strong feeling (7)
12 Several (3)
13 11 down of 18 down-20 down (9)
16 Former stadium in west London (5,4)
17 Distorted (3)
19 Parts of speech (7)
21 Joyful (5)
23 Implied (8)
224 Sprain (4)
DOWN
1 Open grassland (8)
2 Apples eg (5)
3 Winged insect (3)
4 Hostile feeling (9)
5 Of long-standing (3-4)
6 Victor _, French poet (4)
11 Person with a curved spine (9)
14 Abandoned (8)
15 Spire (7)
18 French word meaning our (5)
20 Pantomime lady (4)
22 Pigpen (3)
Tuesday’s solution
Grid C
Across: 1 Widespread, 8 Chancer, 9 Cobra, 10 Lope, 11 Anon, 12 Rug, 14 Modern, 15 Beluga, 18 Tug, 20 Vary, 21 Bide, 23 Overt, 24 Abolish, 25 Emissaries.
Down: 1 Wrapped, 2 Duct, 3 Spring, 4 Recanted, 5 Amber, 6 Acclamation, 7 Bangladeshi, 13 Gravitas, 16 Unifies, 17 Armada, 19 Gleam, 22 Topi.