Compact crossword - The Scotsman 08/01/14
ACROSS
1 American conifer (6,4)
7 Red Asian fruit (8)
8 Maple tree (4)
9 Church office-bearer (5)
10 Fish with spectacled appearance (7)
12 Conker (5,8)
15 Allspice (7)
17 Corkwood (5)
20 Tropical palm tree (4)
21 Conifers (3,5)
22 Flowering shrubs (10)
DOWN
1 Wee (5)
2 Burglars (7)
3 Large town (4)
4 Cluster pine (8)
5 New Zealand white-wood tree (5)
6 Unpleasant familiar illusion (4,2)
11 Only native British pine (5,3)
13 Prayer (6)
14 A teeter (anag) (3,4)
16 Hard, dark wood (5)
18 Glasses (coll) (5)
19 Small bird (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 8 Tar, 9 Producers, 10 Erase, 11 Undergo, 12 Absorbed, 14 Felt, 15 Sumo, 16 Itemised, 20 Rancour, 21 Grasp, 23 Permanent, 24 Tor.
Down: 1 Athena, 2 Proa, 3 Appear, 4 Documentaries, 5 Funds, 6 Heartens, 7 Escort, 13 Seminary, 15 Scrape, 17 Mighty, 18 Depart, 19 Foray, 22 Acts.