Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 09/08/13

Across

1 Glasgow’s river (5)

4 Edinburgh’s river (5)

10 Fireplace (5)

11 Dribble (7)

12 Prehistoric reptile (8)

13 Cardiff’s river (4)

15 Dublin’s river (6)

17 London’s river (6)

19 Telegram (4)

20 German housewife (8)

23 North American river and waterfalls (7)

24 Paris’s river (5)

25 River flowing through Lake Geneva (5)

26 Precipitous (5)

DOWN

2 Belfast’s river (5)

3 IOM judge (8)

5 US state and river (4)

6 Direct at (4,3)

7 Exhilarating (4-7)

8 Isle of Thanet river (5)

9 Confident of one’s ideas (4-7)

14 Board game and its pieces (5,3)

16 Per person (3,4)

18 Artificial waterway (5)

21 Cologne’s river (5)

22 Caution (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Double-bass, 7 Daffodil, 8 Gean, 9 Smelt, 10 In haste, 12 House-breakers, 15 Steps in, 17 Embed, 20 Oast, 21 Guernsey, 22 Trespassed. Down: 1 Dwalm, 2 Unfolds, 3 Lode, 4 Balanced, 5 Sigma, 6 Patter, 11 Abridges, 13 Outlay, 14 Kimonos, 16 Peter, 18 Emends, 19 Lena.