Compact crossword - The Scotsman 10/08/2012

Friday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Aug 2012, 04:58 BST

ACROSS

1 Sun-dried brick (5)

4 Overhead (5)

10 Nominated (5)

11 Oriental (7)

12 Continental (8)

13 Spell (4)

15 Cherry red (6)

17 Mark of infamy (6)

19 Draw (4)

20 In unison (8)

23 Feels on (anag) (7)

24 Biological group (5)

25 Lizard (5)

26 Sinister (5)

DOWN

2 Raise objections (5)

3 Capital of Hungary (8)

5 Heavy blow (4)

6 Changing direction (7)

7 Player interrupting path of ball (11)

8 Rot (5)

9 In police detention (5,6)

14 Courage (8)

16 Ease a burden (7)

18 Explode (2,3)

21 Sharpened (5)

22 Escape of liquid (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Perseveres, 7 Long gone, 8 Grow, 9 Oddly, 10 Arsenic, 12 Palaeontology,

15 Cheered, 17 Stick, 20 Inca, 21 Agonised, 22 Foregather. Down: 1 Proud, 2 Regalia, 3 Eros, 4 Execrate, 5 Eagle, 6 Boring, 11 Moderate, 13 Athena, 14 Lettish, 16 Erato, 18 Clear, 19 Coda.