Compact crossword - The Scotsman 02/10/14

ACROSS

1 Sudden bright ideas (5-5)

7 Became inflexible (8)

8 A seabird (4)

9 Restless (5)

10 Plans (7)

12 Confirmed (13)

15 Disperse (7)

17 Trap-door (5)

20 A rigid support (4)

21 Run through (8)

22 Environmental campaign (10)

DOWN

1 Besiege (5)

2 Dismounts (7)

3 Ingenuous (4)

4 Boldness (8)

5 Bird of prey (5)

6 Contend (6)

11 Untroubled (8)

13 Open sores (6)

14 US state (7)

16 Come to a point (5)

18 Social class (5)

19 Flog (4)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Vesuvius, 5 Edge, 9 Colon, 10 A la mode, 11 Van Allen belt, 13 Uneven, 14 Sloped, 17 Video diaries, 20 Veranda, 21 Ovate, 22 Luck, 23 Verselet.

Down: 1 Vice, 2 Salvage, 3 Vantage point, 4 Unable, 6 Drove, 7 Eventide, 8 Vainglorious, 12 Survival, 15 Prevail, 16 Visage, 18 Doric, 19 Vest.