Compact crossword - The Scotsman, 30/08/2014
ACROSS
1 A sudden burst of light (5)
7 Thrive (8)
8 Comprehend (5)
10 Showing early development (10)
12 Confined (8)
14 The Greek god of love (4)
16 Harvest (4)
17 Declared (8)
20 Decayed (10)
23 Drench (5)
24 Wrinkling (of cloth, etc) (8)
25 Norwegian dramatist (1828-1906) (5)
DOWN
1 Number (6)
2 A coarse file (4)
3 Alliance (4)
4 Cluster (5)
5 Units of mass (9)
6 Apparitions (6)
9 Verification (5)
11 Withdrew from competition (9)
13 Pixie (3)
15 Penalised financially (5)
16 Diminish (6)
18 Cast a shadow (6)
19 Shatter (5)
21 Sound of a pig (4)
22 Dull (4)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Locate, 4 Little, 9 Amour, 10 Unlatch, 11 Toe, 12 Bacterium, 13 Pandora’s box, 18 Epidermis, 21 Sac, 22 Thyroid, 23 Ulcer, 24 Relent, 25 Sleepy.
Down: 1 Lean-to, 2 Cholera, 3 Throb, 5 Illness, 6 Tutti, 7 Exhume, 8 Quack remedy, 14 Die down, 15 Ossicle, 16 Fester, 17 Scurvy, 19 Idyll, 20 Skull.