Compact crossword - The Scotsman 30/01/13

Published on 30/01/2013 01:49

Wednesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 It grows up in a cave (10)

7 Exhibition (7)

8 Rigid (5)

10 Soothe (4)

11 Curt poem (anag) (8)

13 XX (6)

15 Tropical tree (6)

17 Worked (8)

18 11-17,23,7 (1,1,1,1)

21 Arrow (5)

22 Wolverine (7)

23 11 brain (10)

DOWN

1 Agave fibre (5)

2 Associate (4)

3 Haphazardly (6)

4 Say wrongly (8)

5 Washing-machine (4-3)

6 Of extreme reverence (10)

9 Presentiment (10)

12 Ocean (8)

14 Sphere of vision (7)

16 Pauper (6)

19 Of the eye (5)

20 Go (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 7 Jovial, 8 Angola, 9 Abut, 10 Exceeded, 11 Strict, 12 Dispel, 14 Caress, 17 Happen, 19 Forebear, 21 Ruth, 22 Gather, 23 Scours.

Down: 1 Wombat, 2 Diatribe, 3 Client, 4 Rancid, 5 Ogee, 6 Allege, 13 Superior, 15 Amoral, 16 Sherry, 17 Heresy, 18 Entire, 20 Echo.