Compact crossword - The Scotsman 29/06/2012

Published on 29/06/2012 03:34

Friday’s puzzle...

Across

7 Forestry (13)

9 Clover design (7)

10 Cured pork (5)

11 Pile of hay (4)

12 Meadow (5)

16 Bundle of corn (5)

17 Ditch (4)

21 Astray (5)

22 Chanted (7)

23 Vegetable patch (7-6)

DOWN

1 Meadow (7)

2 Truancy (7)

3 Yellow-flowered shrub (5)

4 Small pill (7)

5 Loose material to prevent erosion (5)

6 Garden flower (5)

8 Preparation for crops (11)

13 Director of prominent people (4,3)

14 Any dice (anag) (7)

15 Litter for cattle (7)

18 Windcheater (5)

19 8 down (5)

20 Stalks of corn (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Postpone, 5 Ossa, 9 Posit, 10 Labours, 11 Within reason, 13 Akimbo, 14 Stitch, 17 School-friend, 20 Collide, 21 Douce, 22 Even, 23 Dead-beat. Down: 1 Pipe, 2 Sashimi, 3 Put the boot in, 4 Nylons, 6 Snubs, 7 Absinthe, 8 Absent-minded, 12 Massacre, 15 Tonsure, 16 Effete, 18 Halve, 19 Feat.