Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 12/07/13
Across
1 Buffoon (5)
4 Dolt (5)
10 Florentine iris (5)
11 Defraud (7)
12 Deliverance (8)
13 Couple (4)
15 Buffoons (6)
17 ______ Marcos, deposed Filipino president’s wife (6)
19 Confidence trick (4)
20 Dolt (8)
23 Printing-plate (7)
24 Foolish (5)
25 Pessimist (5)
26 Web-footed birds (5)
DOWN
2 Persuaded (5)
3 Know-all (8)
5 Wet person (coll) (4)
6 Eccentric person (7)
7 Professional fool (5,6)
8 Stimulate (5)
9 Buffoon (5-6)
14 Fool (8)
16 Roguishness (7)
18 Feeble-minded person (5)
21 Welsh surname (5)
22 Needle-case (4)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 1 Securities, 7 Imprison, 8 Rill, 9 Snail, 10 Cyclone, 12 Roller-coaster, 15 Version,
17 Sprat, 20 Cool, 21 Eggheads, 22 Consistent. Down: 1 Simon, 2 Cordial, 3 Risk, 4 Tennyson, 5 Enrol, 6 Blonde, 11 Troopers, 13 Ocelot, 14 Supreme, 16 Salvo, 18 Audit, 19 Ages.