Compact crossword - The Scotsman 28/06/2012

Published on 28/06/2012 02:58

Thursday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Put on ice (8)

5 Latin word for bones (4)

9 Set in place (5)

10 Works hard (7)

11 Not too extreme (6,6)

13 Hands on hips (6)

14 A shooting pain (6)

17 Classmate (6,6)

20 Crash into (7)

21 Sedate (5)

22 Regular (4)

23 Down-and-out (coll) (4-4)

DOWN

1 A wind instrument (4)

2 Raw fish dish in Japan (7)

3 Attack unfairly (3,3,4,2)

4 Stockings (6)

6 Cuts dead (5)

7 A strong liqueur (8)

8 Preoccupied (6-6)

12 Slaughter (8)

15 Shaved part of a monk’s head (7)

16 Decadent (6)

18 Split in two (5)

19 Exploit (4)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Unhappiest, 7 Barn door, 8 Grim, 9 Impot, 10 Egg roll, 12 Tea plantation, 15 Kibbutz, 17 Paddy, 20 Silo, 21 Realtime, 22 Elderberry. Down: 1 Unarm, 2 Hencoop, 3 Plot, 4 Irrigate, 5 Sugar, 6 Rialto, 11 Parterre, 13 Exilir, 14 Tractor, 16 Broil, 18 Dummy, 19 Lamb.