Compact crossword - The Scotsman 18/09/13

Wednesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Growing (10)

7 Producing a photograph (8)

8 Practical joke (4)

9 Romany (5)

10 Aware (7)

12 Property only in discrete amounts (7,6)

15 Piquant (7)

17 Thump (5)

20 17 across’ wife (4)

21 Charmed (8)

22 Constituent (10)

DOWN

1 Epsom horserace (5)

2 Deer meat (7)

3 Den (4)

4 Mark with consecutive numbers (8)

5 Not in any way (5)

6 Old sixpence (6)

11 Long vegetable (8)

13 Helpful (6)

14 Scholarly (7)

16 Bold effort (3-2)

18 Teach (anag) (5)

19 Old (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 8 Wit, 9 Precipice, 10 Yahoo, 11 Drought, 12 Decisive, 14 Wary, 15 Tamp, 16 Prospect,20 Realise, 21 Doric, 23 Bagatelle, 24 Psi.

Down: 1 Swayed, 2 Itch, 3 Sprogs, 4 Head over heels,5 Gigot, 6 Disgrace, 7 Gently, 13 Campaign, 15 Throbs, 17 Sudden, 18 Tocsin, 19 Vista, 22 Rapt.