Compact crossword

Wednesday's puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jul 2011, 20:40 BST
Updated 12th Jul 2011, 20:41 BST

ACROSS

1 Novel by Sir Walter Scott (8)

5 Paper back (4)

9 Photograph (3-2)

10 Noblewoman (7)

11 Novel by Leo Tolstoy (4,8)

13 Tossed (6)

14 Emblem (6)

17 Old Testament book (12)

20 Novel by Charlotte Bronte (7)

21 Scar on a seed (5)

22 Eat sparingly (4)

23 Lack of appetite (8)

DOWN

1 Clean off (4)

2 Wine merchant (7)

3 Tale by Washington Irving (3,3,6)

4 Secret observation (6)

6 Dagger signs (5)

7 Base silk (anag) (8)

8 Character in a tale by Beatrix Potter (6,6)

12 Used (8)

15 Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg (7)

16 Ravine (6)

18 NE US state (5)

19 Novel by Jane Austen (4)

Tuesday's solution

Across: 1 Porter, 4 Esther, 9 Orbiter, 10 Urges, 11 Eater, 12 Outline, 13 Loose change, 18 Check up, 20 Knoll, 22 Inapt, 23 Evasive, 24 Tetchy, 25 Idlers.

Down: 1 Proper, 2 Rabat, 3 Extorts, 5 Squat, 6 Hugging, 7 Russet, 9 Preoccupied, 14 Overact, 15 Awkward, 16 Script, 17 Pliers, 19 Ketch, 21 Olive.