Compact crossword - The Scotsman 20/09/12
ACROSS
1 Befitting (8)
5 Put under hatches (4)
9 Assassin in feudal Japan (5)
10 Common fern (7)
11 Self-reliance (12)
13 Girl’s name (6)
14 Settle a score (6)
17 Unruly child (coll) (6,6)
20 Pungent gas (7)
21 Turn of phrase (5)
22 Open-air swimming pool (4)
23 Fastened (8)
DOWN
1 Italian river (4)
2 Atonement (7)
3 New York borough (6,6)
4 Note book (6)
6 Keepsake (5)
7 Speculated (8)
8 Quickly and continuously (4,4,4)
12 Street in Westminster (4,4)
15 Ancient stone implement (7)
16 A narrow channel (6)
18 Lily-livered (5)
19 Among (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Pedestrian, 7 Crossing, 8 Teak, 9 Clump, 10 Steroid, 12 Sooner or later, 15 Carlyle, 17 Astro, 20 Dome, 21 Foregone,
22 Conclusion. Down: 1 Peril, 2 Dustman, 3 Ship, 4 Rogatory, 5 Alter, 6 Native, 11 Prolific, 13 Orator, 14 Assagai (or assegai),
16 Lie to, 18 Run in, 19 Frau.