Compact crossword - The Scotsman 06/06/14

1 British group with hits in 1960s (3,3)

4 Entire amount (3,3)

9 __ Doolittle, ‘Pygmalion’ (5)

10 Nerve cell (7)

11 Burnt remains (3)

12 Operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan (3,6)

13 Actor’s nervousness (5,6)

18 Inflexible person (9)

21 Sixth musical note (3)

22 Blunder (7)

23 Goblin (5)

24 Cheerful (6)

25 Minority of people (3,3)

DOWN

1 Aries (3,3)

2 Descriptive word (7)

3 Courage (5)

5 Escfapologist (7)

6 Alone (anag), lady’s name (5)

7 Telly (3,3)

8 Pointer (5-6)

14 OT giant (7)

15 Refrain from (4,3)

16 Mafia (3,3)

17 Police (coll) (3,3)

19 Hindu sage (5)

20 Toothed rack (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Forefather, 7 Product, 8 Pleat, 10 Cute, 11 Downpour, 13 Loaded, 15 Athena, 17 Two-faced, 18 Able, 21 Ditch, 22 Rampage, 23 Deadlocked.

Down: 1 Front, 2 Roup, 3 Fathom, 4 Topknots, 5 Eyesore, 6 Speculated, 9 Threatened, 12 Detached, 14 Apostle, 16 Weirdo, 19 Bland, 20 Amok.