Compact crossword - The Scotsman 21/04/2012

Saturday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

7 Backslide (4,4,5)

9 Belgian city (7)

10 A sudden pitch (5)

11 Vegetable (4)

12 Speechify (5)

16 Thickset (5)

17 Grain store (4)

21 Provide (food, etc) (5)

22 Wide of the mark (7)

23 Change fundamentally (13)

DOWN

1 Easy to speak to (7)

2 Knock out (7)

3 Subsequently (5)

4 Nimbleness (7)

5 Nucleus of key personnel (5)

6 River of the underworld (5)

8 Chancer (11)

13 Barren (7)

14 Gigantic (7)

15 Smuggle (liquor, etc) (7)

18 A set of 20 (5)

19 Break into smithereens (5)

20 Serf in ancient Sparta (5)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Brock, 4 About,

10 Ember, 11 Lorelei, 12 Long face, 13 Bass, 15 Bowled, 17 Bishop,

19 Book, 20 Bachelor, 23 Esparto, 24 Rondo, 25 Bride, 26 Spurn.

Down: 2 Robin, 3 Carefree,

5 Born, 6 Unleash, 7 Jelly babies, 8 Black, 9 First person,

14 Higher-up, 16 Whopper,

18 Baron, 21 Lunar, 22 Brad.