COMPACT CROSSWORD ONE

ACROSS

1 Decline (6) 4 A faucet (6) 9 Stringed instrument (5) 10 A disciple (7) 11 Overweight (3) 12 Prophesied (9) 13 A Yorkshire resort (11) 18 Outstanding (9) 21 Rodent (3) 22 Inconsistent (7) 23 A root vegetable (5) 24 Fashionable (6) 25 A small domestic fowl (6)

DOWN

1 Spurn (6) 2 A militant (7) 3 Bend down (5) 5 A condition (7) 6 Comprehend (3,2) 7 Tramples (6) 8 Malice (11) 14 Narrated (7) 15 An article of clothing (7) 16 Ease up on (6) 17 Pour out (6) 19 A swear word (5) 20 Opera by Puccini (5)