Compact crossword - The Scotsman 07/04/15
ACROSS
1 Extensive (10)
8 Opportunist (coll) (7)
9 Snake (5)
10 Run with long, slow strides (4)
11 Immediately (4)
12 Floor-mat (3)
14 Up-to-date (6)
15 The white whale (6)
18 Pull forcibly (3)
20 Alter (4)
21 Await (4)
23 Evident (5)
24 Put an end to (7)
25 Envoys (10)
DOWN
1 Enveloped (7)
2 Conduit (4)
3 Bound (6)
4 Disavowed (8)
5 A fossilised tree resin (5)
6 Ovation (11)
7 Citizen of an Asian country (11)
13 Seriousness (8)
16 Consolidates (7)
17 A fleet of ships (6)
19 Glow (5)
22 A pith-helmet (4)
Monday’s solution
Grid J
Across: 7 Absent, 8 Minded, 9 Ness, 10 Rhetoric, 11 Stingo, 12 Edward, 14 Slalom, 17 Praise, 19 Close-set, 21 Golf, 22 Course, 23 Theory.
Down: 1 Object, 2 Personal, 3 Stereo, 4 Ampere, 5 Undo, 6 Senior, 13 Wrangler, 15 Lollop, 16 Mashed, 17 Potato, 18 Salary, 20 Surf.