Compact crossword - The Scotsman 13/01/2012
ACROSS
7 Fairground slide (6-7)
9 Track performer (7)
10 Meat-plate (5)
11 Hunch (4)
12 Half-door (5)
16 Singing group (5)
17 Order to stop (4)
21 Hate (5)
22 Planets’ farthest points from the sun (7)
23 Protester (6-7)
DOWN
1 Put into a cover (7)
2 Old form of chemistry (7)
3 Daughter of Zeus and Leda (5)
4 Return game (7)
5 Restless (5)
6 Verity (5)
8 Trickery (11)
13 Briefer (7)
14 Similar things (3,4)
15 Cold in the head (7)
18 Aggressively male (5)
19 Cleft (5)
20 Amulet (5)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 1 Stricken 5 Weir, 9 Charm, 10 Imports, 11 Disseminated, 13 Oberon, 14 Strain, 17 Obstreperous, 20 Sincere, 21 Fling, 22 Lied, 23 Messages.
Down: 1 Sock, 2 Realise, 3 Comes to grief, 4 Enigma, 6 Egret, 7 Resident, 8 Spendthrifts, 12 Colossal, 15 Amusing, 16 Sphere, 18 Singe, 19 Ages.