Compact crossword - The Scotsman 20/05/14

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20/05/14

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

7 Spell out (6)

8 Flowering shrub (6)

9 Care for (4)

10 Small generators (8)

11 Ingenious (6)

12 Antidote (6)

14 Placard (6)

17 Undresses (6)

19 Find fault with (8)

21 Intrepid (4)

22 Spanish city (6)

23 Soundness of mind (6)

DOWN

1 Traditional tale (6)

2 Discovers (5,3)

3 Safe-conduct pass (6)

4 Firework (6)

5 Identical (4)

6 Refused consent (6)

13 At death’s door (8)

15 An American wild cat (6)

16 Justification (6)

17 Breach (6)

18 Courteous (6)

20 Flightless bird (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Portobello, 8 Upright, 9 Canal, 10 Fort, 11 Will, 12 I am, 14 Anyway, 15 Moscow, 18 Esk, 20 Dale, 21 Muir, 23 Tulsa, 24 Staunch, 25 Motherwell.

Down: 1 Portray, 2 Riga, 3 Outwit, 4 Escallop, 5 Lungi, 6 Suffragette, 7 Blameworthy, 13 Hard cash, 16 Chunnel, 17 Closer, 19 Kelso, 22 Gape.

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