Compact crossword - The Scotsman 13/11/2012

Tuesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Nov 2012, 00:00 BST

ACROSS

8 Decay (3)

9 Recommendations (9)

10 Muscular strength (5)

11 Inspect (7)

12 Sign of the zodiac (8)

14 Composed (4)

15 Commonwealth country (4)

16 Headlong (4-4)

20 Terse (7)

21 House (5)

23 Storehouses for grain (9)

24 Trophy (coll) (3)

DOWN

1 Clans (6)

2 Portico (4)

3 Begin firing (4,2)

4 Becomes flustered (5,4,4)

5 Virtuous (5)

6 Plot a course (8)

7 High regard (6)

13 Took exception to (8)

15 Waver (6)

17 Extravagant (6)

18 Shed (4-2)

19 Massage (5)

22 Run with long strides (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Bonnie, 4 Prince, 9 Charlie, 10 Comic, 11 Ethic, 12 Earldom, 13 Masterpiece, 18 Added up,

20 Vogue, 22 Tweak, 23 Inkling, 24 Misery, 25 Advent. Down: 1 Backer, 2 Neath, 3 Illicit, 5 Recur,

6 Nomadic, 7 Encamp, 8 Telegraphic, 14 Address, 15 Invoked, 16 Bantam, 17 Weight, 19 Dakar, 21 Guile.