Compact crossword - The Scotsman 16/12/14
ACROSS
1 Interchangeable (10)
8 Wiseacre (4-3)
9 Strong rope or chain (5)
10 Flank (of meat) (4)
11 A moment ago (4)
12 Miscalculate (3)
14 Functional (6)
15 Rascals (6)
18 Adhesive (3)
20 A defensive trench round a castle (4)
21 Move gradually (4)
23 Circular (5)
24 Mocked (7)
25 Ignorant (10)
DOWN
1 Heartwarming (7)
2 US state (4)
3 Bravery (6)
4 Site (8)
5 A peer (5)
6 Underhand malpractices (11)
7 Gradual decrease in volume (mus) (11)
13 Old-fashioned (8)
16 Modernised (7)
17 Strategy (6)
19 Lament (5)
22 A large cask (4)
Monday’s solution
Across: 7 Jovial, 8 Ice bag, 9 Cite, 10 Saturate, 11 Yeasty, 12 Limpet, 14 Apedom, 17 And how, 19 Dastards, 21 Rush, 22 Outrun, 23 Settee.
Down: 1 Iodine, 2 Diseased, 3 I’ll say, 4 Distil, 5 Near, 6 Tattle, 13 Moderate, 15 Peanut, 16 Marina, 17 Assisi, 18 Oyster, 20 Term.