Compact crossword - The Scotsman 30/01/14

ACROSS

7 Stuff (4)

8 Repeats (8)

9 Unemotional (5)

10 Deceive (7)

12 Tear up (3)

13 Keeps trying (5,4)

16 Sticks out (9)

17 Topple over (3)

19 Sense of style (7)

21 Fury (5)

23 A smoked, highly seasoned cut of beef (8)

24 Frolic (4)

DOWN

1 More attractive (8)

2 Scope (5)

3 Take a plunge (3)

4 Lay siege to (9)

5 Feudal warrior in Japan (7)

6 Great enthusiasm (4)

11 Farm worker (9)

14 Pilots (8)

15 US state capital (7)

18 In all honesty (5)

20 An Indian nursemaid (4)

22 Impertinence (coll) (3)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Good for you, 7 Leather, 8 Use up, 10 Iota, 11 Nuisance, 13 Cachou, 15 Salami, 17 Meninges, 18 Fair, 21 Uluru, 22 Atelier, 23 Art nouveau.

Down: 1 Giant, 2 Oahu, 3 Far-out, 4 Rousseau, 5 Oceania, 6 Plaid Cymru, 9 Premier cru, 12 Downturn, 14 Conquer, 16 Deja vu, 19 Adieu, 20 Gene.