Compact crossword - The Scotsman 09/11/13

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09/11/13

Saturday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Finds fault with (6)

4 Suit (6)

9 Perch (5)

10 Printing mistake (7)

11 Overweight (3)

12 Settle an account (9)

13 Colonies (11)

18 Impasse (9)

21 In good condition (3)

22 Specimen (7)

23 Flash of light (5)

24 Fence of stakes (6)

25 Shopping mall (6)

DOWN

1 Grieving (6)

2 Evangelist (7)

3 Record (5)

5 Morality tale (7)

6 Prevent (5)

7 Boil gently (6)

8 Contemplated (11)

14 Major golf tournament (3,4)

15 Thin, glossy silk-stuff (7)

16 Dormant (6)

17 Frustrate (6)

19 Be of use (5)

20 Swiss mountain (5)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Stuff, 7 Nonsense, 8 Drunk, 10 Disorderly, 12 Yuletide, 14 Shin, 16 Vast, 17 Enclosed, 20 Scholastic, 23 Sodom, 24 Gomorrah, 25 Excel.

Down: 1 Sydney, 2 Find, 3 Gozo, 4 Aside, 5 Anarchist, 6 Kenyan, 9 Kitty, 11 Blaspheme, 13 Din, 15 Elvis, 16 Visage, 18 Dismal, 19 Glory, 21 Slaw, 22 Coax.

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