Compact crossword - 03/08/15 The Scotsman
Monday’s puzzle
ACROSS
8 First lady (3)
9 Humiliate (9)
10 Provoke (5)
11 Small stream (7)
12 Caribou (8)
14 Swimming bird (4)
15 Subside (4)
16 Dilatation of an artery (8)
20 Illicit liquor shop (7)
21 County in South-west England (5)
23 Northern seabird (5,4)
24 Droop (3)
DOWN
1 On right-hand side (6)
2 Ox (4)
3 Fastened (6)
4 Breed of cattle (8,5)
5 Cattle herded together (5)
6 Kirkcudbright-shire and Wigtownshire (8)
7 Crystalline compound (6)
13 Indirect reference (8)
15 English cricketing county (6)
17 John Hoyer __, US author (6)
18 Control (6)
19 County in South-west Ireland (5)
22 Urn (4)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Range, 7 Diligent, 8 Flask, 10 Periodical, 12 Everyday, 14 Spud, 16 Pier, 17 Boycotts, 20 Pernicious, 23 Blimp, 24 Annulets, 25 Above.
Down: 1 Refuse, 2 Gasp, 3 Hi-fi, 4 Windy, 5 Per capita, 6 Stolid, 9 Kenya, 11 Peregrine, 13 Ago, 15 Scrub, 16 Poplar, 18 Sample, 19 Rifle, 21 Into, 22 Slab.