Compact crossword - The Scotsman 15/09/14
ACROSS
1 Moment (6)
4 Thin cord (6)
9 Counterpoise (7)
10 Round frame (5)
11 Surrounded by (5)
12 Carmen __, Allo ‘Allo (7)
13 Desertion (11)
18 Having a well-known cast (3-4)
20 Follow (5)
22 The Full __ (film) (5)
23 Constrictors (7)
24 Fleeing (6)
25 Travelling show (6)
DOWN
1 US metro (6)
2 Stringed instrument (5)
3 Nine-sided figure (7)
5 Drying cloth (5)
6 Type of frost on window (3,4)
7 See 16
8 Earthquake measuring instrument (11)
14 Nonsense (7)
15 Artemis (anag) (7)
16 and 7 Resin (4,2,6)
17 Against (6)
19 Attempt to fool (3-2)
21 Fatalist (5)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Refuse, 4 Uproar, 9 Truce, 10 Elicits, 11 Nod, 12 Prevailed, 13 Adjustments, 18 Transacts, 21 Ned, 22 Brocade, 23 Loire, 24 Sweets, 25 Bonnet.
Down: 1 Retina, 2 Founded, 3 Steep, 5 Private, 6 Oriel, 7 Reside, 8 Receptacles, 14 Upstart, 15 Tension, 16 Stubbs, 17 Advent, 19 Atone, 20 Salvo.