Compact crossword - The Scotsman 16/08/2012
ACROSS
7 Girdle (4)
8 Enlivens (8)
9 Worry (coll) (5)
10 Easily broken (7)
12 Obstruct (3)
13 Vanish into thin air (9)
16 Enrolled (soldiers, etc) (9)
17 Also (3)
19 Cut glass (7)
21 West African country (5)
23 String instrument (8)
24 Lock-up (4)
DOWN
1 A European capital (8)
2 Gem (5)
3 Remote (3)
4 Broke up (9)
5 Unit of artillery (7)
6 Rind (4)
11 Preventable (9)
14 Touchable (8)
15 Holy war (7)
18 Maid-servant (5)
20 Ramble (4)
22 Consequence (3)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Just the job, 7 Squeeze, 8 Erica, 10 Up to, 11 Coronary, 13 Artery, 15 Bypass, 17 Isometry, 18 Oban, 21 Nkomo,
22 Polenta, 23 Fever pitch. Down: 1 Joust, 2 Seed, 3 The box, 4 Eye to eye, 5 Okinawa, 6 Osculation, 9 Abyssinian,
12 Gruesome, 14 Twosome, 16 Crop up, 19 Bunch, 20 Glut.