Compact crossword - The Scotsman 14/05/15
ACROSS
1 Convalesce (10)
7 Eruption (8)
8 Passionate (4)
9 Stint (5)
10 Set out (7)
12 Have a great success (3,3,7)
15 A type of strong grass (7)
17 Tempest (5)
20 Senior academic (4)
21 Conventional (8)
22 Absolves (10)
DOWN
1 Crude (5)
2 Floor show (7)
3 Vivacious (4)
4 English dramatist (1911-77) (8)
5 Vagrant (5)
6 A total failure (6)
11 Major accident in a nuclear reactor (8)
13 In agreement (with) (2,4)
14 Equips (4,3)
16 Attach (5)
18 Fleeces (coll) (5)
19 Be up and about (4)
WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION
Grid A
Across: 1 Fast food, 5 Asia, 9 Fable, 10 Forfeit, 11 Finger buffet, 13 Astute, 14 Fished, 17 Feverishness, 20 Unified, 21 Lingo, 22 Gaga, 23 Epiphany.
Down: 1 Fife, 2 Subsist, 3 Freight-train, 4 On fire, 6 Sheaf, 7 Altitude, 8 Freudian slip, 12 Far-flung, 15 Hosanna, 16 Used-up, 18 Vying, 19 Foxy.