Compact crossword - The Scotsman 31/01/14

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31/01/14

Friday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Disney character (5)

7 Antipathy (8)

8 Strive (5)

10 Good-for-nothing (4-2-4)

12 Putting on clothes (8)

14 Notable act (4)

16 Jolt (4)

17 Suppose so (1,7)

20 Salad plant (10)

23 Little (5)

24 Liqueur containing eggs (8)

25 Scatter loosely (5)

DOWN

1 Delight (6)

2 Go (4)

3 On (4)

4 Smarten (5)

5 Other way round (4,5)

6 Leg jewellery (6)

9 Resort in West Wales (5)

11 Rudimentary (9)

13 Doze (3)

15 Annoyed (5)

16 Toxophilite (6)

18 Yolk (6)

19 Building block (5)

21 Highway (4)

22 Speck of soot (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 7 Cram, 8 Iterates, 9 Stoic, 10 Beguile, 12 Rip, 13 Plugs away, 16 Protrudes, 17 Tip, 19 Panache, 21 Wrath, 23 Pastrami, 24 Lark.

aDown: 1 Prettier, 2 Ambit, 3 Dip, 4 Beleaguer, 5 Samurai, 6 Zeal, 11 Ploughman, 14 Aviators, 15 Atlanta, 18 Truly, 20 Ayah, 22 Lip.

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