Compact crossword - The Scotsman 21/09/13
ACROSS
1 Edible seaweed (5)
4 Strait (5)
10 Easily understood (5)
11 Small city in Wyoming (7)
12 Close friend (8)
13 Sacred cow (4)
15 Show off (6)
17 Life-force (6)
19 Talk wildly (4)
20 Large Japanese city (8)
23 Rapture (7)
24 Fashion (5)
25 Seize (a throne, etc) (5)
26 Brightness (5)
DOWN
2 Not abridged (5)
3 Dregs (8)
5 Not matched (4)
6 Itinerant (7)
7 Ignorant (3-8)
8 Fools (5)
9 Obedient (4-7)
14 Betrothal (8)
16 Counsels (7)
18 Welsh county (5)
21 Bottomless pit (5)
22 Impartial (4)
Friday’s solution
Across: 7 Bag and baggage, 9 Calypso, 10 Offer, 11 Rise, 12 Shine, 16 There, 17 Then, 21 Limit, 22 Oregano, 23 High and mighty.
Down: 1 Obscure, 2 Ageless, 3 Snipe, 4 Aground, 5 Gaffe, 6 Heart, 8 Brotherhood, 13 Chateau, 14 Sheathe, 15 Antonym, 18 Alpha, 19 Omega, 20 Begin.