Compact crossword - The Scotsman 31/08/15
ACROSS
8 Man’s title (3)
9 A vain fool (anag) (2,2,5)
10 Sparkle (5)
11 Yokel (7)
12 Instantaneously (2,1,5)
14 __Tyson, boxer (4)
15 Lazily (4)
16 Misbehaving (6,2)
20 Orange colouring matter (7)
21 Loud (5)
23 In a delicate position (2,4,3)
24 Viral illness (3)
DOWN
1 Old Greek city (6)
2 Of water (4)
3 Russian wolfhound (6)
4 At first glance (2,3,4,2,2)
5 Part of a flower (5)
6 Fluctuating (8)
7 Promise (6)
13 In depth (2,6)
15 Forming a line (2,1,3)
17 Requiring help (2,4)
18 Disbursement (3-3)
19 Undress (5)
22 Gen (4)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Swift, 7 Sculptor, 8 Equip, 10 Transitory, 12 Sometime, 14 Bide, 16 Real, 17 Fracture, 20 Guaranteed, 23 Wrong, 24 Ructions, 25 Omega.
Down: 1 Sweets, 2 Flit, 3 Scan, 4 Plain, 5 Atrocious, 6 Grayne, 9 Prate, 11 Imbalance, 13 Mar, 15 Screw, 16 Regard, 18 Enigma, 19 Rabid, 21 Tone, 22 Drum.