Compact crossword - The Scotsman 21/06/2012

Published on 21/06/2012 00:00

Thursday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

7 Soft wood (4)

8 Beside the point (8)

9 A short crowbar (5)

10 A frying-pan (7)

12 Unit of electric current (abbrev) (3)

13 Nonsense (9)

16 Going to pieces (9)

17 Flow back (3)

19 Austere (7)

21 A deep orange-pink colour (5)

23 A general drudge (8)

24 Increase sharply in value (4)

DOWN

1 Saviour (8)

2 Recession (5)

3 The latest thing (3)

4 Retreats (5,4)

5 Cutting down (7)

6 The linden tree (4)

11 A fashionable movement (9)

14 Retriever (8)

15 A mosque school (7)

18 Searches thoroughly (5)

20 Drag one’s feet (4)

22 Extra (in cricket) (3)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Vocabulary, 7 Racquet, 8 Music, 10 Mark, 11 Inwardly, 13 Digest, 15 Adhere, 17 Cheerful, 18 Read, 21 Learn, 22 Unideal, 23 Safety-belt.

Down: 1 Vicar, 2 Coup, 3 Biting, 4 Lombardy, 5 Residue, 6 Premedical, 9 Clydesdale, 12 Estrange, 14 Grenada, 16 Luxury, 19 Eject, 20 Size.