Compact crossword

Wednesday's puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Aug 2011, 03:46 BST
Updated 3rd Aug 2011, 03:53 BST

Across

7 Revolving cylinder (4)

8 Deranged (8)

9 Should (5)

10 Unpaid debts (7)

12 Distorted (3)

13 Contentment (9)

16 Process of nourishing (9)

17 European mountain (3)

19 Vet also (anag) (7)

21 Plaid __, Welsh nationalist party (5)

23 Reduction (8)

24 Metrical foot (4)

Down

1 Elaborate dress (4-4)

2 City in Nebraska (5)

3 Groove (3)

4 Eddy (9)

5 Aerial (7)

6 Bring up (4)

11 It broke the camel's back (4,5)

14 Hardened area of skin (8)

15 Display of boldness (7)

18 Pessimist (5)

20 Finished (4)

22 Albanian currency (3)

Tuesday's solution

Across: 1 Resolution, 8 Rascals, 9 Risky, 10 Vole, 11 Grip, 12 Tie, 14 Cheery, 15 Sluice, 18 Toe, 20 Noah, 21 Grit, 23 Overt, 24 Corsair, 25 Attendants.

Down: 1 Resolve, 2 Scat, 3 Lustre, 4 Thrapple, 5 Onset, 6 Provocation, 7 Typesetters, 13 Brunette, 16 Inroads, 17 Rancid, 19 Erect, 22 Tron.