Compact crossword - The Scotsman 13/05/14
ACROSS
1 Impede (6)
4 Armed guard (6)
9 Congealed (7)
10 Enraged (5)
11 Fertile spot in a desert (5)
12 Greatly interested (7)
13 Extraordinary (11)
18 Gangster (7)
20 German city (5)
22 Mitigate (5)
23 Parvenu (7)
24 Move unsteadily (6)
25 Scarcity (6)
DOWN
1 Intimidate (6)
2 Customs (5)
3 Joins up (7)
5 Bite (by a bee, etc) (5)
6 Earache (7)
7 Up-to-date (6)
8 Enterprising (11)
14 Hug (7)
15 Superintend (7)
16 Collision (6)
17 Grab (6)
19 Topic (5)
21 A series of steps (5)
Monday’s solution
Across: 8 ATC, 9 Overslept, 10 Royal, 11 Traffic, 12 Category, 14 Joey, 15 Flax, 16 Skeletal, 20 Control, 21 Corps, 23 Dungarees, 24 Air.
Down: 1 Fabric, 2 Achy, 3 Dogleg, 4 Helter-skelter, 5 Usual, 6 Seafront, 7 Stocky, 13 Training, 15 Facade, 17 Locust, 18 Lustre, 19 Break, 22 Road.