Compact crossword - The Scotsman 12/09/14

12/09/14

ACROSS

1 Rapid (5)

7 Regular (8)

8 Be (5)

10 Willingness to cooperate with others (4,6)

12 You in person (8)

14 Extremely (4)

16 Rapid (4)

17 Athletics event (4,4)

20 Frustrate hopes (10)

23 Bundle up (5)

24 SE Asian communist guerrilla movement (8)

25 Friend (Spanish) (5)

DOWN

1 Rapid (6)

2 Rapid (4)

3 Moderately hot (4)

4 Rapid (5)

5 Made haste (7,2)

6 Garish (6)

9 Strained (5)

11 Ballroom dance (9)

13 Smallest room (3)

15 Representative (5)

16 Italian name for city in NE Italy (6)

18 Quickly (6)

19 Quickly (5)

21 Piggish noise (4)

22 Passenger vehicle (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 7 Romp, 8 Spacious, 9 Place, 10 Outcast, 12 Esk, 13 Abstained, 16 Deviation, 17 Ass, 19 Anthony, 21 Spurn, 23 Competes, 24 Rank.

Down: 1 Coalesce, 2 Space, 3 Ask, 4 Valuation, 5 Circuit, 6 Buds, 11 Obstinate, 14 Ensuring, 15 Mishaps, 18 Spare, 20 Nook, 22 Usk.