Compact crossword - The Scotsman 16/06/14

1. Be dismissed (3,3,4)

8. A wearing away (7)

9. Light beer (5)

10. Long story (4)

11. In senile dotage (4)

12. Iron stove (3)

14. Impotence drug (6)

15. Tribal conference (6)

18. Din (3)

20. Boast (4)

21. Tired-looking (4)

23. Stocking material (5)

24. Conductress (7)

25. Claimant (10)

DOWN

1. SE US state (7)

2. Look-alike (4)

3. Aircraft shed (6)

4. Pattern of spots (5-3)

5. Greek S (5)

6. Persisting (11)

7. Earner (11)

13. Light brittle biscuit (8)

16. Big lie (7)

17. Jet of water (6)

19. British language (5)

22. Chinese dynasty (4)