Compact crossword - The Scotsman 16/01/14

ACROSS

1 Express in other words (10)

7 Banded together (7)

8 Nonplus (5)

10 Drags one’s feet (4)

11 Tramps (8)

13 Shrewd (6)

15 Interfere (6)

17 Blameless (8)

18 A jetty (4)

21 West African country (5)

22 Evokes (7)

23 Publicised (10)

DOWN

1 Spike (5)

2 Gardening tool (4)

3 Door-to-door salesman (6)

4 Frequented (8)

5 Shocked (7)

6 Getting rid (something unwanted) (10)

9 Sterilised milk, etc, by heating (10)

12 A barrier of stakes (8)

14 Beer mug (7)

16 Oust (6)

19 Ancient Greek epic (5)

20 Comedians (4)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 7 Huss, 8 Egomania, 9 Upper, 10 Chateau, 12 Mix, 13 Erroneous, 16 Bronze Age, 17 Hut, 19 Erratic, 21 Radii, 23 Root beer, 24 Noun.

Down: 1 Supplier, 2 Islet, 3 Net, 4 Go through, 5 Earthen, 6 Riga, 11 Free-liver, 14 Usurious, 15 Annatto, 18 Garni, 20 Room, 22 Err.