Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 21/06/13

Friday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jun 2013, 01:00 BST

Across

1 Scottish city (5)

7 Fussy decoration (4-4)

8 Song of David (5)

10 Sour substance obtained from milk (6,4)

12 “_____ _____ of 1 across” (Scott) (4,4)

14 Lazy (4)

16 Piece of soap (4)

17 Disclosed (8)

20 It grows up in a cave (10)

23 Chaos (5)

24 Scottish city (8)

25 Scottish county (5)

DOWN

1 Fall asleep (3,3)

2 Cultivate (4)

3 Worry (4)

4 Thump (5)

5 Large reptile (9)

6 Scottish city (6)

9 Swedish port (5)

11 Given a jocular title (9)

13 President Eisenhower (3)

15 Town NW of 24 across (5)

16 Unpremeditated (6)

18 Field event (6)

19 Convenient (5)

21 Mild (4)

22 Merit (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 7 Leap, 8 Atrocity, 9 Robot, 10 Adverbs, 12 Cat, 13 Crack down, 16 Transcend, 17 Rat, 19 Perhaps, 21 Gaunt, 23 Operetta, 24 Ruse. Down: 1 Debonair, 2 Spoon, 3 Bat, 4 Producing, 5 Screeds, 6 Stub, 11 Crackpots, 14 Weakness, 15 Anchors, 18 Harry, 20 Espy, 22 Mat.