Compact crossword - The Scotsman 03/09/13
ACROSS
1 Initial move (6)
4 Renounce (4,2)
9 Edible fungus (7)
10 Opponent (5)
11 Concluded (5)
12 Large coarse sieves (7)
13 Gadded about (11)
18 Illness (7)
20 Dapper (coll) (5)
22 Overlay (5)
23 A waterproof (7)
24 String of invective (6)
25 Armed guard (6)
DOWN
1 Conclude (6)
2 Templet (5)
3 Unbeliever (7)
5 Pungent (5)
6 Spanish city (7)
7 Refinement (6)
8 Dispossession (11)
14 Finished (3,4)
15 Take aback (7)
16 A good luck charm (6)
17 Young swan (6)
19 Made a mistake (5)
21 Asian capital city (5)
Monday’s solution
Across: 8 Ill, 9 Traveller, 10 Naked, 11 Uncover, 12 Amadavat (or avadavat), 14 Stun, 15 Auto, 16 Ideogram, 20 Aneroid, 21 Salon, 23 Aggravate, 24 Vat.
Down: 1 Vienna, 2 Flak, 3 Stadia, 4 Value-added tax, 5 Vetch, 6 Elevator, 7 Dry run, 13 Ants’-eggs, 15 Avatar, 17 Oyster, 18 Minute, 19 Lovat, 22 Lava.