Compact crossword - The Scotsman 11/01/2014

11/01

Across

1 Mock (5)

4 Go with the flow (5)

10 Vertical (5)

11 Restraint of trade (7)

12 A violent youth (8)

13 Jargon (4)

15 Obstruct (6)

17 Not very often (6)

19 Colours (4)

20 Thankful (8)

23 Prince’s attendant (7)

24 Disprove (5)

25 Trifling (5)

26 Hill-slopes (5)

DOWN

2 Girl’s name (5)

3 Reproaches (8)

5 Precious stone (4)

6 In advance (7)

7 Drew attention to (11)

8 Take it easy (5)

9 Meditate on (11)

14 An academic (8)

16 Overture (7)

18 Low strong carts (5)

21 Legend (5)

22 Pluckiness (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: 7 Middlesbrough, 9 Rangoon, 10 Patna, 11 Cast, 12 Halle, 16 Navvy, 17 Oban, 21 Suave, 22 Dresden, 23 Karl-Marx-Stadt.

Down: 1 America, 2 Oddness, 3 Flood, 4 Tripoli, 5 Quito, 6 Shoal, 8 San Salvador, 13 Palermo, 14 Abidjan, 15 Inanity, 18 Osaka, 19 Cairo, 20 Welsh.