COMPACT CROSSWORD ONE

ACROSS

1 Meagre (6) 4 A decisive moment (6) 9 Of the countryside (5) 10 Proceed from some source (7) 11 A knot of hair (3) 12 A light interior wall (9) 13 Description (11) 18 Wasted (9) 21 A large snake (3) 22 Long African river (7) 23 Expressionless (5) 24 A salad plant (6) 25 Heavy (of food, etc) (6)

DOWN

1 Copyist (6) 2 Circus performer (7) 3 A flower (5) 5 Practical person (7) 6 A Hindu teacher (5) 7 Beer mugs (6) 8 Reprisal (11) 14 Disastrous (7) 15 In transit (2,5) 16 A basement (6) 17 Flunkey (6) 19 Intended (5) 20 First appearance on stage, etc (5)