Compact crossword - The Scotsman 08/07/13
ACROSS
8 20,17,15 across (1,1,1)
9 London borough (9)
10 Love-god (5)
11 Tripper (7)
12 Higher (8)
14 Tight-fisted (4)
15 Occasion (4)
16 Think carefully (8)
20 ______ Isles (7)
21 Power (5)
23 Reshuffle (9)
24 9,14,15 across (1,1,1)
DOWN
1 Old calculator (6)
2 Prevent (4)
3 Moroccan port (6)
4 Hardly anything at all (4,2,7)
5 Animal’s long projecting nose (5)
6 Share of profits (8)
7 Blanch (6)
13 Pounded meat (8)
15 Herald’s coat (6)
17 Season (6)
18 Spin (6)
19 Intensely hot (5)
22 Slightly crazy (4)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Purge, 7 Pell-mell, 8 Equip, 10 Proficient, 12 Splendid, 14 Wane, 16 Busy, 17 Skillets, 20 Alexandria, 23 Drone, 24 Dreadful, 25 Edith.
Down: 1 Precis, 2 Grip, 3 Beef, 4 Slack, 5 Delegates, 6 Blithe, 9 Prone, 11 Flustered, 13 Irk, 15 Fluid, 16 Brandy, 18 Speech, 19 Handy, 21 Dour, 22 Arid.