Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 29/03/2012

Thursday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Mar 2012, 10:43 BST

Across

7 Scrutinise (4)

8 Terrible (8)

9 Enlighten (5)

10 Construction worker (7)

12 Large flightless bird (3)

13 Spring onions (9)

16 Cancelling (coll) (9)

17 Little rascal (3)

19 Unfathomable (7)

21 Overflow (5)

23 Jogged one’s memory (8)

24 Trick (4)

Down

1 Hypothetical (8)

2 Stab (5)

3 Sum up (3)

4 Deceiving (9)

5 Halcyon (7)

6 Pleasing (4)

11 Sheaths (9)

14 Anonymous (8)

15 Chase (7)

18 Trigger (5)

20 Concoction (4)

22 Atypical (3)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Break of day, 7 Aircrew, 8 Eland, 10 Rule, 11 Lord’s Day, 13 Labour. 15 Manner, 17 Anzac Day, 18 Stoa, 21 Ebola, 22 Overdue, 23 Call it a day. Down: 1 Beryl, 2 Euro, 3 Kowtow, 4 Field-day, 5 Abandon, 6 Day-release, 9 Daydreamer, 12 Pub-crawl, 14 Bazooka, 16 Day out, 19 Today, 20 Deed.