Compact crossword - The Scotsman 18/10/13

ACROSS

7 Plethora (13)

9 Folded paper sheet (7)

10 Frolic (5)

11 Uncommon (4)

12 Foxhole (5)

16 Undress (5)

17 Continent (4)

21 Smaller (5)

22 Reprimand (7)

23 Unremarkable (13)

DOWN

1 Nation (7)

2 Occidental (7)

3 Legend (5)

4 Teach (7)

5 Wading bird (5)

6 Transport across river (5)

8 Beyond one end of visible spectrum (11)

13 Telstar (anag) (7)

14 Onslaught (7)

15 Power source (7)

18 Love-affair (5)

19 Aromatic plant (5)

20 Fishing-boat (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Choppers, 5 Plea, 9 Lathe, 10 Content, 11 Announcement, 13 Berlin, 14 Espied, 17 Commandeered, 20 Neglect, 21 Slack, 22 Spat, 23 Crusades.

Down: 1 Colt, 2 Oftener, 3 Predominated, 4 Recent, 6 Liege, 7 Altitude, 8 Intersperses, 12 Absconds, 15 Iceland, 16 Editor, 18 Magma, 19 Ekes.