Compact crossword - The Scotsman 27/04/2012
Across
1 Crustacean (5)
7 Continental (8)
8 Burrow (5)
10 Prudent one (anag) (3-7)
12 Victory (8)
14 Frightful (4)
16 and 17 Colorant or preservative (4,8)
20 Computer brain (10)
23 Waste matter (5)
24 Inhabitant of the east (8)
25 Southern European country (5)
Down
1 Written in verse (6)
2 Unit of power (4)
3 Leap (4)
4 Sham (5)
5 Green deposit (9)
6 Power exerted (6)
9 Angry (3-2)
11 Asian country (9)
13 Sorrowful (3)
15 Black-and-blue (5)
16 Muscle that bends a joint (6)
18 US inventor (6)
19 Pong (5)
21 Approve (4)
22 Season’s yield (4)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 7 Calm, 8 Nuisance, 9 Skill, 10 Appears, 12 Job, 13 Repairing, 16 Ungroomed, 17 Aga, 19 Grasped, 21 Taper, 23 Impudent, 24 Mite. Down: 1 Back down, 2 Smelt, 3 End, 4 Displaced, 5 Careers, 6 Scar, 11 Recovered, 14 Neglects, 15 Brusque, 18 Harms, 20 Ramp, 22 Eta.