Compact crossword - The Scotsman 31/03/15
ACROSS
8 Armed conflict (3)
9 Dumbfounded (9)
10 Alcoves (5)
11 Joins together (7)
12 Signed on the dotted line (8)
14 A large oven (4)
15 Underground (coll) (4)
16 Nauseates (8)
20 An Italian soft cheese (7)
21 Inexperienced (5)
23 Omission (9)
24 Equal value (3)
DOWN
1 Brief pang (6)
2 Vivacity (4)
3 Large rope (6)
4 Financial institution (5)
5 Hindu teachers (5)
6 Australian state capital (8)
7 US inventor (1847-1931) (6)
13 Collapses (8)
15 A large flatfish (6)
17 Nullify (6)
18 Soldier on guard (6)
19 A secret store (5)
22 Watch (4)
Monday’s solution:
Grid F
Across: 1 Sleety, 4 Nimbus, 9 Triumph, 10 Local, 11 Litre, 12 Nodular, 13 Weathercock, 18 Sceptic, 20 Lucre, 22 Blast, 23 Ananias, 24 Rotter, 25 Breezy.
Down: 1 Settle, 2 Exist, 3 Tempest, 5 Idled, 6 Bucolic, 7 Sultry, 8 Thunderclap, 14 Elegant, 15 Cold air, 16 Isobar, 17 Red sky, 19 Tithe, 21 Clime.