Compact crossword - The Scotsman 13/12/13

Friday’s puzzle

13/12/13

ACROSS

7 Almost identical (6,3,4)

9 Flowering (2,5)

10 Entice (5)

11 Pakistani language (4)

12 Greek K (5)

16 Stream (5)

17 Greek Z (4)

21 Boundary (5)

22 Greek short O (7)

23 Scottish dance (8,5)

DOWN

1 West Indian island (7)

2 West Indian island (7)

3 Town near Stirling (5)

4 Bureaucracy (3,4)

5 Greek G (5)

6 Greek D (5)

8 Record label (5,6)

13 Fragile (7)

14 Enlist (7)

15 Slaughter (7)

18 Greek A (5)

19 Greek long O (5)

20 Instant (coll) (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Modifies, 5 Slam, 9 Loser, 10 Granted, 11 Cantankerous, 13 Anthem, 14 Enamel, 17 Double vision, 20 Veteran, 21 Erica, 22 Roam, 23 Vestiges.

Down: 1 Mull, 2 Distant, 3 First Sea Lord, 4 Engine, 6 Lotto, 7 Modestly, 8 Make ends meet, 12 Hand over, 15 Mooring, 16 Average, 18 Ultra, 19 Bays.