Compact crossword - The Scotsman 17/07/15
Friday’s puzzle
ACROSS
1 Speedy (5)
7 Modified (8)
8 Leg joint (5)
10 Fielder (5,5)
12 Disfiguring (8)
14 Exuded (4)
16 Egyptian port (4)
17 Tempuras (anag) 8)
20 City in Hampshire (10)
23 Firearm (5)
24 Fluorescent light (4,4)
25 Unusually (5)
DOWN
1 Quivered (6)
2 Cabbage (4)
3 Mock (4)
4 Room (5)
5 Salesman (9)
6 Loved (6)
9 Precise (5)
11 Poatmeridian (9)
13 Short sleep (3)
15 Bullock (5)
16 Stitching (6)
18 Wretchedness (6)
19 Total (5)
21 Several (4)
22 Peel (4)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 7 Smut, 8 Loophole, 9 Brood, 10 Upgrade, 12 Spy, 13 Partridge, 16 Provident, 17 Ply, 19 Paucity, 21 Rigid, 23 Dotterel, 24 Lull.
Down 1 Improper, 2 Strop, 3 Sly, 4 Competent, 5 Chervil, 6 Glad, 11 Mandatory, 14 Gullible, 15 Evocate, 18 Field, 20 Avow, 22 Fly.