Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 29/03/2012

Published on 29/03/2012 09:43

Thursday’s puzzle...

Across

7 Scrutinise (4)

8 Terrible (8)

9 Enlighten (5)

10 Construction worker (7)

12 Large flightless bird (3)

13 Spring onions (9)

16 Cancelling (coll) (9)

17 Little rascal (3)

19 Unfathomable (7)

21 Overflow (5)

23 Jogged one’s memory (8)

24 Trick (4)

Down

1 Hypothetical (8)

2 Stab (5)

3 Sum up (3)

4 Deceiving (9)

5 Halcyon (7)

6 Pleasing (4)

11 Sheaths (9)

14 Anonymous (8)

15 Chase (7)

18 Trigger (5)

20 Concoction (4)

22 Atypical (3)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Break of day, 7 Aircrew, 8 Eland, 10 Rule, 11 Lord’s Day, 13 Labour. 15 Manner, 17 Anzac Day, 18 Stoa, 21 Ebola, 22 Overdue, 23 Call it a day. Down: 1 Beryl, 2 Euro, 3 Kowtow, 4 Field-day, 5 Abandon, 6 Day-release, 9 Daydreamer, 12 Pub-crawl, 14 Bazooka, 16 Day out, 19 Today, 20 Deed.