Compact crossword - The Scotsman 06/11/13
ACROSS
1 Foolish ritual (5,5)
7 Dress fabric (7)
8 Twirl (5)
10 Pity (4)
11 Words of encouragement (4,4)
13 Dais (6)
15 _____ and Hyde (6)
17 Subordinate (8)
18 Traverse swiftly (4)
21 Hangman’s knot (5)
22 Rudolph ________, ballet-dancer (7)
23 Dignified (10)
DOWN
1 Power (5)
2 Pert young girl (4)
3 Approved (6)
4 Put under (anag) (8)
5 Offering inducements (7)
6 Impurity (10)
9 Popular cage-bird (10)
12 Providing nourishment (8)
14 Thaw (7)
16 Healthy-looking (6)
19 Glasgow’s river (5)
20 Baghdad’s country (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 7 Beware, 8 Oliver, 9 Here, 10 Academic, 11 Stroll, 12 Combat, 14 Crisis, 17 Shroud, 19 Agitated, 21 Norm, 22 Humour, 23 Thresh.
Down: 1 Reject, 2 Ravenous, 3 Befall, 4 Mosaic, 5 Wide, 6 Retina, 13 Mariners, 15 Ragout, 16 Saturn, 17 Sedate, 18 Unrest, 20 Thor.