Compact crossword - The Scotsman 22/09/14
ACROSS
7 Apparatus producing jet of water (6)
8 Pinned down (6)
9 Censor (4)
10 Mental deterioration (8)
11 Vicar (6)
12 Deadly (6)
14 Food container (6)
17 Cricket delivery (2-4)
19 Woollens (8)
21 Be defeated (4)
22 Slum area (6)
23 Lawsuit (6)
DOWN
1 Snip (6)
2 Rapturous (8)
3 Dearer (anag) (6)
4 Glossy coating (6)
5 Furnace (4)
6 Part of the eye (6)
13 Arrange in columns (8)
15 Excessively enthusiastic (4-2)
16 Disinfectant (6)
17 Natural (6)
18 Period of instruction (6)
20 Goodbye (2-2)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Scamp, 4 Swear, 10 Eland, 11 Mission, 12 Voyagers, 13 Fair, 15 Option, 17 Friend, 19 Fold, 20 Concrete, 23 Candour, 24 Inlet, 25 Aster, 26 Feint.
Down: 2 Crazy, 3 Made good, 5 Wish, 6 Agitate, 7 Leave office, 8 Smirk, 9 Ingredients, 14 Practice, 16 Talents, 18 Sorry, 21 Ellen, 22 Zone.