Compact crossword - The Scotsman 20/12/13
ACROSS
1 Girlie photos (3-3)
4 Feast (slang) (4-2)
9 Garden flower (5)
10 Blot (7)
11 Deciduous tree (3)
12 Hepatica (9)
13 Tree with dark purplish leaves (6-5)
18 Squeeze (9)
21 Diocese (3)
22 Long-lasting (7)
23 Climbing-plant (5)
24 Hindu hermitage (6)
25 Modernise (6)
DOWN
1 Pungent condiment (6)
2 Water lily (7)
3 Computer dot (5)
5 Acorn plant (3,4)
6 Large animal (5)
7 Spud (6)
8 Tree with a white bark (6-5)
14 Tuna pie (anag) (7)
15 Manioc (7)
16 Wattle (6)
17 Open ______ (6)
19 N (5)
20 Flowering bulb (5)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 1 Attraction, 7 Colonel, 8 Irate, 10 Oast, 11 Practise, 13 Propel, 15 Method, 17 Intrudes, 18 Abut, 21 Heave, 22 Proviso, 23 Kenspeckle.
Down: 1 Atlas, 2 Tint, 3 Allure, 4 Twitcher, 5 Obadiah, 6 Accomplish, 9 Emendation, 12 Refugees, 14 Outrage, 16 Kelpie, 19 Bribe, 20 Work.