Compact crossword - The Scotsman 02/10/14
ACROSS
1 Sudden bright ideas (5-5)
7 Became inflexible (8)
8 A seabird (4)
9 Restless (5)
10 Plans (7)
12 Confirmed (13)
15 Disperse (7)
17 Trap-door (5)
20 A rigid support (4)
21 Run through (8)
22 Environmental campaign (10)
DOWN
1 Besiege (5)
2 Dismounts (7)
3 Ingenuous (4)
4 Boldness (8)
5 Bird of prey (5)
6 Contend (6)
11 Untroubled (8)
13 Open sores (6)
14 US state (7)
16 Come to a point (5)
18 Social class (5)
19 Flog (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Vesuvius, 5 Edge, 9 Colon, 10 A la mode, 11 Van Allen belt, 13 Uneven, 14 Sloped, 17 Video diaries, 20 Veranda, 21 Ovate, 22 Luck, 23 Verselet.
Down: 1 Vice, 2 Salvage, 3 Vantage point, 4 Unable, 6 Drove, 7 Eventide, 8 Vainglorious, 12 Survival, 15 Prevail, 16 Visage, 18 Doric, 19 Vest.