Compact crossword - The Scotsman 09/08/2012

Published on 09/08/2012 03:35

Thursday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Leaves no stone unturned (10)

7 Left some time ago (4,4)

8 Burgeon (4)

9 Strangely (5)

10 Poison (7)

12 The study of fossils (13)

15 Comforted (7)

17 Piece of firewood (5)

20 Old Peruvian ruler (4)

21 Was in misery (8)

22 Fraternise (10)

Down

1 Haughty (5)

2 Royal insignia (7)

3 Greek god of love (4)

4 Curse (8)

5 Standard of a Roman legion (5)

6 Tedious (6)

11 Temper (8)

13 Greek goddess of wisdom (6)

14 A Baltic language (7)

16 The Muse of lyric poetry (5)

18 Transparent (5)

19 Passage (mus) (4)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Microdot, 5 Esau, 9 Carry, 10 Forward, 11 Hampton Court, 13 Palace, 14 Pidgin, 17 Cosmopolitan, 20 Flaccid, 21 Naive,

22 Core, 23 Betrayed. Down: 1 Mock, 2 Cure-all, 3 Olympic torch, 4 On foot, 6 Snafu, 7 Updating, 8 Practitioner, 12 Specific,

15 Gravity, 16 Poodle, 18 Stair, 19 Head.