Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 21/06/13

1 Scottish city (5)

7 Fussy decoration (4-4)

8 Song of David (5)

10 Sour substance obtained from milk (6,4)

12 “_____ _____ of 1 across” (Scott) (4,4)

14 Lazy (4)

16 Piece of soap (4)

17 Disclosed (8)

20 It grows up in a cave (10)

23 Chaos (5)

24 Scottish city (8)

25 Scottish county (5)

DOWN

1 Fall asleep (3,3)

2 Cultivate (4)

3 Worry (4)

4 Thump (5)

5 Large reptile (9)

6 Scottish city (6)

9 Swedish port (5)

11 Given a jocular title (9)

13 President Eisenhower (3)

15 Town NW of 24 across (5)

16 Unpremeditated (6)

18 Field event (6)

19 Convenient (5)

21 Mild (4)

22 Merit (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 7 Leap, 8 Atrocity, 9 Robot, 10 Adverbs, 12 Cat, 13 Crack down, 16 Transcend, 17 Rat, 19 Perhaps, 21 Gaunt, 23 Operetta, 24 Ruse. Down: 1 Debonair, 2 Spoon, 3 Bat, 4 Producing, 5 Screeds, 6 Stub, 11 Crackpots, 14 Weakness, 15 Anchors, 18 Harry, 20 Espy, 22 Mat.