Compact crossword - The Scotsman 18/02/15
ACROSS
1 Deteriorating (8)
5 Wound (4)
9 Move to music (5)
10 Frivolous (7)
11 Lowest galleries in theatres (5,7)
13 Relatively high ground (6)
14 Spruce (dialect) (6)
17 Handicap (12)
20 Portal (7)
21 Bankrupt (5)
22 Overlay with gold (4)
23 Outer (8)
DOWN
1 Dead as the _ (4)
2 Command (7)
3 Severe reprimand (8-4)
4 Observe (6)
6 Twist (5)
7 Centre of target (5-3)
8 Lacking respectability (12)
12 Blind person’s helper (5,3)
15 Siren (7)
16 Voice-box (6)
18 Frown (5)
19 Dingle (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 1 Trilby, 4 Relish, 9 Repulse, 10 Sunny, 11 Allot, 12 Oversee, 13 Fabrication, 18 Wakeful, 20 Masse, 22 Ready, 23 Nervous, 24 Sodden, 25 Infers.
Down: 1 Threat, 2 Impel, 3 Bolster, 5 Ensue, 6 Ionesco, 7 Hoyden, 8 Reconciling, 14 Awkward, 15 Tamarin, 16 Swarms, 17 Versus, 19 Foyle, 21 Shore.