Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 04/04/13

Thursday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Plot (8)

5 Irish county (4)

9 Danger (5)

10 Foolish (7)

11 Lively debate (3-3-6)

13 Room to manoeuvre (6)

14 County in Northern Ireland (6)

17 Voters (12)

20 Income (7)

21 Setting (5)

22 Agile (4)

23 Arose (8)

DOWN

1 Hold one’s own (4)

2 Bring up (7)

3 Gain an advantage by trickery (4,1,4,3)

4 Country in east central Africa (6)

6 Farewell (5)

7 Extra work (8)

8 Sensible (6,6)

12 Posters (8)

15 Withdraw (7)

16 Current (6)

18 On no account (5)

19 Take notice (4)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Invocation, 7 Pillager, 8 Iris, 9 Steal, 10 Burglar, 12 Counterfeiter, 15 Stuffed, 17 Of use, 20 Cain, 21 Validity,

22 Bedraggled. Down: 1 Idiot, 2 Villain, 3 Cagy, 4 Tartuffe, 5 Owing, 6 Pirate, 11 Receiver, 13 Outlaw, 14 Infidel, 16 Fence,

18 Sated, 19 Flog.