Compact crossword - The Scotsman 07/03/13
ACROSS
1 A shipwrecked sailor (8)
5 Counterfoil (4)
9 Crash (coll) (5)
10 A southern European (7)
11 Plausible (6-6)
13 Trying experience (6)
14 Destiny (6)
17 Cause to reach a climax (5,2,1,4)
20 Irritated (7)
21 Added clause (5)
22 Glut (4)
23 Norse warriors (8)
DOWN
1 Deal with (4)
2 Criticised (coll) (7)
3 Well-behaved (2,4,2,4)
4 Dismount (6)
6 Deceive (5)
7 Paper money (4,4)
8 Keyboard instruments (12)
12 Joins together (8)
15 A winding course (7)
16 Caress (6)
18 Unfit (5)
19 Part of the eye (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Guinea fowl, 7 Continua, 8 Esau, 9 Merge, 10 Titlark, 12 Boarding party, 15 Widgeon, 17 Stork, 20 Slav, 21 Adhesive, 22 Arctic tern.
Down: 1 Goose, 2 Integer, 3 Erne, 4 Flamingo, 5 Wheel, 6 Parrot, 11 Kilowatt, 13 Oriole, 14 Artiste, 16 Giver, 18 Raven, 19 Chic.