Compact crossword - The Scotsman 16/06/12

Saturday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

7 Failed to reach one’s potential (13)

9 Pupil (7)

10 Concise (5)

11 Reality (4)

12 Ardent (5)

16 Souvenir (5)

17 Confused impression (4)

21 Broad and slow (mus) (5)

22 Made aware (7)

23 Malcontents (7-6)

DOWN

1 Pass muster (7)

2 Make progress (7)

3 A leaf (of a fern, etc) (5)

4 A bird of the heron family (7)

5 Impossible to miss (5)

6 Marked time (5)

8 Diploma (11)

13 Fortification (7)

14 Chat away (7)

15 Over-modest (7)

18 A dwarf planet (5)

19 Ponder moodily (5)

20 A type of nut (5)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Forth, 4 Wight,

10 Ennui, 11 Up-tempo, 12 Marinade, 13 Clot, 15 Nestle, 17 Landau, 19 I say, 20 Hebrides, 23 Honeyed, 24 Dover, 25 Sneer, 26 Crank.

Down: 2 Owner, 3 Triangle, 5 Iota, 6 Humbled, 7 German Bight, 8 Lundy, 9 North Utsire, 14 Labrador, 16 Shannon, 18 Heady, 21 Divan, 22 Tyne.

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