Compact crossword - The Scotsman 14/04/14
Monday’s puzzle...
ACROSS
8 Bother (3)
9 Dessert (5,4)
10 Winter pear (5)
11 Readable (7)
12 Pay close attention (4,4)
14 Tiny particle (4)
15 Conifer (4)
16 Brandy (8)
20 Spanish painter (7)
21 Mortal (5)
23 Fruit covering (5,4)
24 A female (3)
DOWN
1 Edible kernel (6)
2 Seethe (4)
3 Nomads (anag) (6)
4 Dessert (5,8)
5 Jam (5)
6 Red southeast Asian fruit (8)
7 Rivulet (6)
13 Marsh-marigolds (8)
15 Tall tree (6)
17 For a short period (6)
18 Horse chestnut (6)
19 Chelmsford’s county (5)
22 Tall pole (4)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Whist, 7 Pelicans, 8 Radar, 10 Periwinkle, 12 Nonsense, 14 ASAP, 16 Edam, 17 Spurious, 20 Bogged down, 23 Debar,
24 Workaday, 25 Study.
Down: 1 Warden, 2 Slap, 3 Peri, 4 Digit, 5 Talks shop, 6 Asleep, 9 Repel, 11 Endangers, 13 Sop, 15 Crowd, 16 Elbows, 18 Surrey, 19 Recap, 21 Drab, 22 Neat.