Compact crossword - The Scotsman 12/06/2012

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Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Pitch tents (6)

4 Profess (6)

9 Submit to (7)

10 Substantial (5)

11 A funeral-song (5)

12 Support for railway track (7)

13 Sanctified (11)

18 Make larger (7)

20 Intimidate (5)

22 Long for (5)

23 Destructive (7)

24 Composed (6)

25 Getaway (6)

DOWN

1 Elicits (6)

2 Sponge (money, etc) (5)

3 Those prepared to die for a cause (7)

5 A type of cotton yarn (5)

6 Overshadow (7)

7 Withstand (6)

8 One after another (11)

14 Vigilant (2,5)

15 Laborious (7)

16 Surgical knife (5)

17 Squirm (6)

19 Incident (5)

21 Greek letter (5)

Monday’s solution

Across: 8 Emu, 9 Acetylene, 10 Totem, 11 Moravia, 12 Coherent, 14 Heed, 15 Huge, 16 Nuthatch, 20 Martini, 21 My hat, 23 Easy chair, 24 Hoe.

Down: 1 Hectic, 2 Hunt, 3 Hammer, 4 Hermeneutical, 5 Hydro, 6 Heaviest, 7 Herald, 13 High-rise, 15 Humber,

17 Humeri, 18 Hatter, 19 Hitch, 22 Ha-ha.

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