Compact crossword - The Scotsman 24/05/12

Thursday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 24th May 2012, 01:00 BST

ACROSS

7 Promote (coll) (4)

8 Atmospheric conditions (8)

9 Predicament (5)

10 Pulverised (7)

12 A narrow spouting stream (3)

13 Consequently (9)

16 Wide lower tidal parts of riveras (9)

17 Catch on (coll) (3)

19 Raise the spirits (7)

21 Give a superficial lustre to (5)

23 Someplace (8)

24 Fissure (4)

DOWN

1 Overpraises (8)

2 Gemstone (5)

3 Hire out (3)

4 Card game (9)

5 Escapes (4,3)

6 Swelling on the eyelid (4)

11 Honed (9)

14 Speaks fluently (5,3)

15 Disparage (3,4)

18 Renown (5)

20 Yearn (for) (4)

22 Mustered (3)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Side-by-side, 7 Ariadne, 8 Neath, 10 Kaka, 11 Straiten, 13 Orchid, 15 Chichi, 17 Agar-agar, 18 Lash, 21 Krill, 22 Doeskin, 23 Blow-by-blow.

Down: 1 Stink, 2 Dodo, 3 Breath, 4 Sunbathe, 5 Drastic, 6 Back-to-back, 9 Hand-in-hand, 12 Disallow, 14 Cranial, 16 Mayday, 19 Askew, 20 Bell.