Compact crossword - The Scotsman 25/11/14
ACROSS
1 A mint-like labiate plant (6)
4 Saunter (6)
9 Punishment (coll) (4,3)
10 Sublime (5)
11 Valued (5)
12 Incursions (7)
13 Prudent (4-7)
18 Italian film director (1920-93) (7)
20 Desert peninsula in Egypt (5)
22 Work for (5)
23 Removed faults (from) (7)
24 A formal agreement between states (6)
25 Stick (to) (6)
DOWN
1 Craven (6)
2 Drink to (5)
3 Unbeliever (7)
5 A big cat (5)
6 Function (7)
7 Most recent (6)
8 Railroad engineer (5,6)
14 Amplify (7)
15 As an alternative (7)
16 Compensate (6)
17 String instrument (6)
19 Ham-fisted (5)
21 Prod (5)
Monday’s solution:
Across: 8 Raw, 9 Footloose, 10 Solar, 11 Without, 12 Official, 14 Fade, 15 Away, 16 Trapdoor, 20 Satsuma, 21 Leave, 23 North Pole, 24 Ecu.
Down: 1 Fresco, 2 AWOL, 3 Affric, 4 For what reason, 5 Blitz, 6 Colorado, 7 Beetle, 13 Fracture, 15 Absent, 17 Pullet, 18 Rhesus, 19 Gushy, 22 Aged.