Compact crossword - The Scotsman 10/05/2012
Across
1 Giving birth (10)
7 Comforted (7)
8 Digit (5)
10 Connect (4)
11 Dissolute (8)
13 Powerful (6)
15 Grass-cutting tool (6)
17 Fuel sources (3-5)
18 West coast ferry port (4)
21 Asian country (5)
22 Merchants (7)
23 Brought to a standstill (10)
Down
1 Scrape together (5)
2 Informer (coll) (4)
3 Steering apparatus (6)
4 Ruler in ancient Greece (8)
5 Wealthy (7)
6 Reduces (6,4)
9 Resentment (10)
12 Brought to light (8)
14 Fall from grace (7)
16 Very drunk (coll) (6)
19 Fuse (5)
20 Framework (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 7 Puma, 8 Anorexia, 9 Stupa, 10 Vantage, 12 Zap, 13 Sassenach, 16 Unhelpful, 17 Imp, 19 Skyjack, 21 Crook, 23 Plangent, 24 Naif. Down: 1 Quatrain, 2 Kappa, 3 Kay, 4 Potassium, 5 West End, 6 King, 11 Kampuchea, 14 Cambodia, 15 Beijing, 18 Krone, 20 Kilo, 22 Sty.