Compact crossword - The Scotsman 06/01/2014
ACROSS
1 Posture (6)
4 Silly (6)
9 Afternoon performance (7)
10 Pinafore (5)
11 Military body (5)
12 Playhouse (7)
13 Actors’ make-up (6,5)
18 Rhyme (7)
20 Private instructor (5)
22 Unsuitable (5)
23 Mingler (anag) (7)
24 Small slab (6)
25 African fly (6)
DOWN
1 In such a degree (2,4)
2 Male thespian (5)
3 Card-game (7)
5 Torment (5)
6 16/17th century Protestant (7)
7 Ballet _______ (6)
8 Secret agent (anag) (6,5)
14 Edible stalk (7)
15 Female thespian (7)
16 Handwriting (6)
17 Margin (6)
19 Shaping machine (5)
21 Available for hire (2,3)
Saturday’s solution
Across: 1 Caress, 4 Gerbil, 8 Occur, 10 Mordant, 11 Eli, 12 Baritones, 13 Reminiscent, 18 Treatment,
21 Elk, 22 Placate, 23 Allow, 24 Rodent, 25 Teaser. Down: 1 Clover, 2 Receive, 3 Scrub, 5 Erratic,
6 Brawn, 7 Latest, 8 Embroidered, 14 In train, 15 Needles, 16 Stupor, 17 Skewer, 18 Eland, 20 Thane.