Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 24/09/13
ACROSS
1 Very rarely (6,4)
8 Small protective shield (7)
9 Vertical (5)
10 Broad Japanese sashes (4)
11 Injections (coll) (4)
12 A newt (3)
14 Flock of geese (6)
15 Penal institution (6)
18 Frequently (poetic) (3)
20 Decisive point (4)
21 An otter’s den (4)
23 A trained assassin in feudal Japan (5)
24 Indifferent (7)
25 Increase speed (10)
DOWN
1 Greeting (7)
2 Precious stone (4)
3 Margin for error (6)
4 Revelation (8)
5 Musical composition (5)
6 One’s forte (6,5)
7 Stubbornly (11)
13 Besiegement (8)
16 Pestilence (7)
17 Subtlety (6)
19 A cordial (5)
22 Caribbean country (4)
Monday’s solution
Across: 7 Jasper, 8 Online, 9 Skua, 10 Victoria, 11 Albert, 12 Museum, 14 Tsetse, 17 French, 19 Saunders, 21 Airs, 22 Graces, 23 Idiocy, Down: 1 Jackal, 2 Apparent 3 Privet, 4 Dotcom, 5 Alto, 6 In situ, 13 Scenario, 15 Starry, 16 Ever so, 17 Fossil, 18 Curacy, 20 Nick.