Compact crossword - The Scotsman 25/06/14
ACROSS
1 Talkative person (10)
7 Uninvited visitor (8)
8 Ark builder (4)
9 Prigs (5)
10 Flower seller (7)
12 Palmist (7-6)
15 Gourmet (7)
17 _ Geerhart, character in ‘Allo ‘Allo (5)
20 Catherine _ _, 6th wife of Henry VIII (4)
21 Vagrant (8)
22 Cricketer (3-7)
DOWN
1 Senior cleric (5)
2 Rope-dancer (7)
3 _ Martin, American tennis player (4)
4 Rusticism (8)
5 Possessor (5)
6 Scots girls (6)
11 Etcher (8)
13 Harp on (anag) (6)
14 Late riser (3-4)
16 Christmas hymn (5)
18 One who is beyond help (5)
19 Russian secret police (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 8 Cut, 9 Criticise, 10 Ennui, 11 Partial, 12 Treatise, 14 Lily, 15 Rapt, 16 Listless, 20 Thicken, 21 Ettle, 23 Axiomatic, 24 Rut.
Down: 1 Accent, 2 Stun, 3 Script, 4 Dispassionate, 5 Diary, 6 Minimise, 7 Really, 13 Explicit, 15 Ritual, 17 Trench, 18 Sheath, 19 Skimp, 22 Tarn.