Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 11/02/13

7 French stock exchange (6)

8 Royalist (6)

9 Elizabeth (4)

10 Brown-haired (8)

11 More skeletal (6)

12 Transparent dome (6)

14 Smear (6)

17 Wild horse (Australian) (6)

19 Mexican hat (8)

21 Group of people (4)

22 Projectile (6)

23 White whale (6)

Down

1 Spanish dance (6)

2 Turnip and cabbage genus (8)

3 North African (6)

4 Deaden (6)

5 Mouthful (4)

6 Inhuman (6)

13 Wood-hyacinth (8)

15 Second Old Testament book (6)

16 Bertha (anag) (6)

17 Covered in blots (6)

18 Wine-shop (6)

20 Round toy (4)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1 Stubs, 4 Plain, 10 In use, 11 Evolved, 12 Enthrall, 13 Alto, 15 Ration, 17 Tender, 19 Grew, 20 Jingoism, 23 Destroy, 24 Align, 25 Sneck, 26 Stamp.

Down: 2 Trust, 3 Beetroot, 5 Loom, 6 Invalid, 7 Fire brigade, 8 Reply, 9 Adjournment,

14 Sergeant, 16 Treason, 18 Libya, 21 Idiom, 22 Eric.