Compact crossword - The Scotsman 24/07/13

Wednesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Jul 2013, 01:59 BST

ACROSS

1 Large steak (anag) (5,5)

7 One of the 1 across (8)

8 Hardwood (4)

9 Side of a hill (5)

10 One of the 1 across (7)

12 US musical (4,4,5)

15 Degeneration (7)

17 French Algerian cavalryman (5)

20 One of the 1 across (4)

21 Branch of maths (8)

22 Builder (10)

DOWN

1 Thin porridge (5)

2 Rudimentary organ of vision (3-4)

3 Counterpart (4)

4 Placed in order (8)

5 Surcharge (5)

6 Sword (6)

11 One of the 1 across (8)

13 Whole (6)

14 Bare-breasted (7)

16 Open (5)

18 One of the 1 across (5)

19 Period of prosperity (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 8 Hum, 9 Amendment, 10 Caged, 11 Ragtime, 12 Abstruse, 14 Mars, 15 Bren, 16 Resident, 20 Tempest, 21 Place, 23 Land-rover, 24 UFO.

Down: 1 Cha-cha, 2 Smug, 3 Pander, 4 Retrospective, 5 Adage, 6 Delicate, 7 Athens, 13 Stemming, 15 Bottle, 17 Import, 18 Tremor, 19 Merry, 22 Abut.