Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 23/04/13

Across

7 Frugality (6)

8 Repeat performance (6)

9 Flightless bird (4)

10 Clamours (8)

11 Perceptive (6)

12 Hostility (6)

14 Small inlets (6)

17 Perceptive (6)

19 Reprove mildly (8)

21 The literary language of Pakistan (4)

22 A large blunt needle (6)

23 Mountain range (6)

Down

1 Presides over a meeting (6)

2 Mockery (8)

3 Oarsman (6)

4 Courage (6)

5 A cliff (4)

6 Bring to a standstill (6)

13 Spoke in an undertone (9)

15 Exhibitions of cowboy skills (6)

16 A small clump of trees (6)

17 Splinter groups (6)

18 High waterproof boots (6)

20 Trees (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Surefooted, 8 Meeting, 9 Deter, 10 Toil, 11 Wren, 12 AGM, 14 Enlist, 15 Fright, 18 EGM, 20 Long, 21 Gnat, 23 Nurse,

24 Umpired, 25 Encyclical.

Down: 1 Special, 2 Rail, 3 Figure, 4 Ordinary, 5 Extra, 6 Smithereens, 7 Promptitude, 13 Psaltery, 16 General, 17 Annual, 19 Moron, 22 Epic.