Compact crossword - The Scotsman 17/04/14
ACROSS
1 Demeanour (10)
7 Power (8)
8 Entranced (4)
9 A willow (5)
10 Lodge as a pledge (7)
12 Understand (coll) (3,3,7)
15 Argues against (7)
17 Frolics (5)
20 Care for (4)
21 Bountiful (8)
22 Relative (5-5)
DOWN
1 Singers (5)
2 Block (7)
3 Seaweed (4)
4 Accomplishes (8)
5 A piece of bric-a-brac (5)
6 Leap over (6)
11 A five-sided figure (8)
13 Symbol (6)
14 Plague (7)
16 Church officer (5)
18 A large showy feather (5)
19 Immediately (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Haymaker, 5 Lawn, 9 Racer, 10 Rehears, 11 Stockbreeder, 13 Openly, 14 Isatin, 17 Pick up the tab, 20 Alabama, 21 Rotor, 22 Turf, 23 Infrared.
Down: 1 Herd, 2 Yachtie, 3 Agricultural, 4 Enrobe, 6 Award, 7 Nose-ring, 8 Sheepshearer, 12 Pot plant, 15 Tractor, 16 Strain, 18 Chair, 19 Arid.