Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 12/09/13
Across
7 Wear away (4)
8 Those with no chance of success (2-6)
9 Of the highest quality (5)
10 Flagrant (7)
12 Hostelry (3)
13 Increased loudness (mus) (9)
16 Multi-talented (9)
17 Finale (3)
19 Thrashes (coll) (7)
21 Thick soup (5)
23 Confrontation (8)
24 Level-headed (4)
DOWN
1 Captivate (8)
2 Tract of wet, soggy land (5)
3 Girl’s name (3)
4 Across-the-board (9)
5 Cold-shouldered (7)
6 Measure of capacity for herring (4)
11 Yardstick (9)
14 Charitable gift (8)
15 Steers clear of (7)
18 A pot (5)
20 Grey (4)
22 Also (3)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Boiled beef, 7 Carrots, 8 Hooks, 10 Ross, 11 Cromarty, 13 Modest, 15 Stop-go, 17 Tanzania, 18 Fish, 21 Chips, 22 Halogen, 23 Stonehenge.
Down: 1 Boris, 2 Iron, 3 Ensure, 4 Behemoth, 5 Ego-trip, 6 Achromatic, 9 Say nothing, 12 Assassin, 14 Dentist, 16 Eighth, 19 Ingle, 20 Plan.