Compact crossword - The Scotsman 18/05/13
ACROSS
7 Liner (9,4)
9 Speech (7)
10 Italian city (5)
11 Fastened (4)
12 English novelist (1840-1928) (5)
16 Recession (5)
17 Excursion (4)
21 Bring upon oneself (5)
22 Disconcerted (coll) (7)
23 A breed of cattle (8,5)
DOWN
1 Puts out new shoots (7)
2 Gets away (7)
3 A fine brown colour (5)
4 Calamity (7)
5 Intone (5)
6 Small herring-like fish (5)
8 French police force (11)
13 US state (7)
14 Learned association (7)
15 Over-modest (7)
18 A type of bed (5)
19 Prison warder (coll) (5)
20 A book of maps (5)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Spice, 4 Apple, 10 Hindi, 11 Curacao, 12 Tia Maria, 13 Join, 15 Claret, 17 Bistro, 19 Flue, 20 Muscatel, 23 Envelop, 24 U-turn, 25 Stout, 26 Pepsi.
Down: 2 Pinta, 3 China tea, 5 Port, 6 Lock out, 7 White coffee, 8 Scrip, 9 John Collins, 14 Tincture, 16 Aquavit, 18 Cuppa, 21 Truss, 22 Bleu.