Compact crossword - The Scotsman 04/04/2012

Wednesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Apr 2012, 04:18 BST

Across

1 ______ number (N) (10)

7 Gas (N) (8)

8 Christen (N) (4)

9 Lively dance (5)

10 Novel by Sir Walter Scott (7)

12 Amount that has not been identified (7,6)

15 Plucked (7)

17 Direction (N) (5)

20 Twelve (N) (4)

21 Of a country (N) (8)

22 Alcoholic drink (4,6)

Down

1 Dolt (5)

2 Heartwood (7)

3 Old-fashioned person (4)

4 Disappointing occurrence (3-5)

5 Type of saw (5)

6 Enforce compliance (6)

11 Seine for catching fish (5-3)

13 Derived SI unit of force (N) (6)

14 Bovine animals (3-4)

16 Grandmother (5)

18 Servile flatterer (5)

19 Irritation (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 8 Bad, 9 Commander, 10 Theme, 11 Nourish, 12 Strident, 14 Mien, 15 Prat, 16 Messages, 20 Rambler, 21 Hinge, 23 Distrusts, 24 Cad. Down: 1 Abates, 2 Adze, 3 Screed, 4 Eminence grise, 5 Vague, 6 Admiring, 7 Urchin, 13 Rearmost, 15 Parade, 17 Schism, 18 Speedy, 19 Ultra, 22 Nice.