Compact crossword - The Scotsman 27/06/14

ACROSS

7 Children’s ball game (6,7)

9 Become less drunk (5,2)

10 Housey-housey (5)

11 Overcast (4)

12 Easy catch (5)

16 Tartan (5)

17 Confused impression (4)

21 Shane (anag) (5)

22 Remain quiet (4,3)

23 Party game (7,6)

DOWN

1 Illegally ahead of the ball (7)

2 Team sport (7)

3 Make a goal (5)

4 Slot-machine game (7)

5 Completely broke (5)

6 Backless seat (5)

8 Corrosion-resistant alloy (11)

13 Devil (3,4)

14 Card game (3,4)

15 Give one’s word (7)

18 Board game (5)

19 Card game (5)

20 Underworld flower (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Outright, 5 Agra, 9 Civic, 10 Moorage, 11 Transgressed, 13 Unseen, 14 Bonnet, 17 Belligerence, 20 Andante, 21 Hyena, 22 Stem, 23 Reprisal.

Down: 1 Once, 2 Taverns, 3 Inconvenient, 4 Homage, 6 Geans, 7 Anecdote, 8 Come together, 12 Sunbeams, 15 Nickels, 16 Severe, 18 Lodge, 19 Pail.