Compact crossword

Friday's puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Part of the wicket (5)

7 Region of southern Italy (8)

8 Regal (5)

10 Sports competition (10)

12 Unwilling (8)

14 Nude (4)

16 Rear (4)

17 Toothless animals (8)

20 Portable 23 across (10)

23 Wireless (5)

24 Kitchen utensil (3-5)

25 Eerie (5)

DOWN

1 Robust (6)

2 Flesh as food (4)

3 Locks (4)

4 Sprinkle (5)

5 Town on Loch Fyne (9)

6 Fortress (6)

9 Gatehouse (5)

11 Overburden (9)

13 Doze (3)

15 Witch's home (5)

16 Sour (6)

18 Old man (anag) (6)

19 Song of David (5)

21 Coal bag (4)

22 Competitive run (4)

Thursday's solution

Across: 7 Bent, 8 Agitated, 9 Felon, 10 Premise, 12 Taw, 13 Frightful, 16 Cairngorm, 17 Saw, 19 Grammar, 21 Squad, 23 Valencia, 24 Apex.

Down: 1 Demerara, 2 Strop, 3 Raw, 4 Disregard, 5 Mammoth, 6 Zeus, 11 Frog-march, 14 Unawares, 15 Premier, 18 Equal, 20 Rial, 22 Yaw.