Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 10/04/13

Wednesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Apr 2013, 03:58 BST

Across

7 Plethora (4)

8 Keen-sighted (4-4)

9 Scent (5)

10 Hard cheese (7)

12 Employ (3)

13 Ticking-off (7-2)

16 Winner (9)

17 23rd Greek latter (3)

19 Shout of praise (7)

21 Evict (5)

23 Surrounded (8)

24 Pay increase (4)

Down

1 In the open-air (8)

2 Trample (5)

3 Aviate (3)

4 Initiated (2,3,4)

5 Covered with green vegetation (7)

6 6th Greek letter (4)

11 Steersman (anag) (5-4)

14 Legal action serving as a precedent (4-4)

15 Even-tempered (7)

18 Norwegian inlet (5)

20 Pig’s noise (4)

22 Count up (3)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 1 Denigrated, 8 Carouse, 9 Duomo, 10 Ulna, 11 Acre, 12 Eft, 14 Uneven, 15 Scrawl, 18 Aft, 20 Seer, 21 Tout, 23 Ember,

24 Utopian, 25 Kenspeckle. Down: 1 Derange, 2 Nous, 3 Greece, 4 Audience, 5 Evoke, 6 Accumulated, 7 Postulating, 13 Censures, 16 Agonise, 17 Rebuke, 19 Table, 22 Dock.