Compact crossword - The Scotsman 17/04/14

ACROSS

1 Demeanour (10)

7 Power (8)

8 Entranced (4)

9 A willow (5)

10 Lodge as a pledge (7)

12 Understand (coll) (3,3,7)

15 Argues against (7)

17 Frolics (5)

20 Care for (4)

21 Bountiful (8)

22 Relative (5-5)

DOWN

1 Singers (5)

2 Block (7)

3 Seaweed (4)

4 Accomplishes (8)

5 A piece of bric-a-brac (5)

6 Leap over (6)

11 A five-sided figure (8)

13 Symbol (6)

14 Plague (7)

16 Church officer (5)

18 A large showy feather (5)

19 Immediately (4)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Haymaker, 5 Lawn, 9 Racer, 10 Rehears, 11 Stockbreeder, 13 Openly, 14 Isatin, 17 Pick up the tab, 20 Alabama, 21 Rotor, 22 Turf, 23 Infrared.

Down: 1 Herd, 2 Yachtie, 3 Agricultural, 4 Enrobe, 6 Award, 7 Nose-ring, 8 Sheepshearer, 12 Pot plant, 15 Tractor, 16 Strain, 18 Chair, 19 Arid.