Compact crossword - The Scotsman 27/03/2012
Across
7 Highly polished (6)
8 Motor-racing team (6)
9 Impression (4)
10 Having no doubt (8)
11 Bring to a standstill at sea (6)
12 Intact (6)
14 Operating costs (6)
17 Border (6)
19 Hatch set into a stage (4-4)
21 One of the Northern Isles (4)
22 In abundance (6)
23 Reluctant (6)
Down
1 Sworn statement (6)
2 Madcap adventure (8)
3 Common practice (6)
4 Fame (6)
5 Barely (4)
6 Wrongdoer (6)
13 Anguished (8)
15 Crab (6)
16 Decorous (6)
17 Short piece of artillery (6)
18 Be emphatic (6)
20 Kitty (4)
Monday’s solution
Across: 1 Jump-jockey, 8 In range, 9 Aitch, 10 Neck, 11 Head, 12 Yet, 14 Noosed, 15 Run-off, 18 Pub, 20 Draw, 21 Rein, 23 Sable, 24 Ananias, 25 Flat racing. Down: 1 Jericho, 2 Mane, 3 Jeeves, 4 Claudius, 5 Entry, 6 Winning-post, 7 Photo-finish, 13 Dead-heat, 16 Opening, 17 Sahara, 19 Babel, 22 Wadi.