Compact crossword - The Scotsman 27/05/14

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27/05/14

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

8 Reservoir (3)

9 Decency (9)

10 Opening passage (abbrev) (5)

11 Surely (2,5)

12 Godliness (8)

14 Small drink (4)

15 Stuff (4)

16 Painful (8)

20 Storm (7)

21 The belt (5)

23 In another place (9)

24 Run into (3)

DOWN

1 Concedes (6)

2 Issue (4)

3 Destroy (6)

4 Connects (5,8)

5 Commerce (5)

6 Compels (8)

7 Method (6)

13 Close call (4,4)

15 Sailing vessel (6)

17 Crazy person (coll) (6)

18 Preoccupied (6)

19 Cat calls (5)

22 Twist out of shape (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Reveal, 4 Weapon, 9 Bazooka, 10 Twerp, 11 Scrub, 12 Decanal, 13 Gun carriage, 18 Harpoon, 20 Visor, 22 Shaft, 23 Dudgeon, 24 Spying, 25 Dry rot.

Down: 1 Robust, 2 Vizor, 3 Amoebic, 5 Estoc, 6 Pfennig, 7 Napalm, 8 Hand grenade, 14 Unready, 15 Invader, 16 Rhesus, 17 Brandt, 19 Oaten, 21 Spear.

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