Compact crossword

Thursday's puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Jul 2011, 20:02 BST
Updated 6th Jul 2011, 20:10 BST

ACROSS

1 An edible gasteropod (10)

7 Instruction (7)

8 Unspoken (5)

10 Rank (4)

11 Condemn (8)

13 Abundance (6)

15 Military policeman (coll) (3-3)

17 A sign of the zodiac (8)

18 Dances (4)

21 Black Sea resort (5)

22 List in detail (7)

23 Reinforce (10)

DOWN

1 Composure (5)

2 Downfall (4)

3 Was deficient (6)

4 Gas (8)

5 Concise (7)

6 At a standstill (10)

9 Sinned (10)

12 Diminish (8)

14 Old close-fitting jacket (7)

16 Pleasure trip (6)

19 Constellation (5)

20 Pant (4)

Wednesday's solution

Across: 7 Boaz, 8 Reindeer, 9 Llano, 10 Termini, 12 Eva, 13 Motioning, 16 Flintlock, 17 Doh, 19 T-shirts, 21 Adult, 23 Outrange, 24 Host.

Down: 1 Top-level, 2 Ozone, 3 Pry, 4 Timepiece, 5 Oddment, 6 Penn, 11 Pollutant, 14 Neoplasm, 15 In vitro, 18 Idaho, 20 Snub, 22 Get.