ACROSS
7 Cause to conform (5,4,4)
9 Dines in a restaurant (3,4)
10 Supreme (5)
11 Patch of grass (4)
12 Nonsense (5)
16 Stalks of corn (5)
17 Reverbation (4)
21 Regarding (5)
22 Succeed to (a title, etc) (7)
23 Cold-bloodedness (13)
DOWN
1 Disapproves (7)
2 Marsh bird of the heron family (7)
3 Shining with heat (5)
4 Forces (7)
5 Scared (5)
6 Precious stone (5)
8 Bring into public ownership (11)
13 Written law (7)
14 Disdained (7)
15 Tournament (7)
18 Machine foir turning wood, metal, etc (5)
19 Deep orange-pink colour (5)
20 Stage (5)
Friday's solution
Across: 1 Evoke, 4 Eject, 10 Benin, 11 Hangman, 12 Absolute, 13 Zero, 15 Absent, 17 Minded, 19 Asti, 20 Spumante, 23 Resound, 24 Tower, 25 Lymph, 26 Chime.
Down: 2 Venus, 3 Kindling, 5 Jinx, 6 Commend, 7 Abracadabra, 8 Photo, 9 In good heart, 14 Mismatch, 16 Satisfy, 18 Spade, 21 No-win, 22 Quip.
The full article contains 171 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
