Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 03/05/13

Friday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd May 2013, 01:00 BST

Across

7 Estate manager (13)

9 Master of an art (7)

10 Male admirer (5)

11 Message (4)

12 Stranger (5)

16 Explode (2,3)

17 Buddhist priest (4)

21 Robber (5)

22 Take legal action (7)

23 Person in rented accommodation (7,6)

DOWN

1 Settlement (7)

2 Free pardon (7)

3 Oneness (5)

4 Property manager (7)

5 Rob (5)

6 Student’s allowance (5)

8 Robbing (11)

13 Penalty (7)

14 Type of statute (4,3)

15 Authority (7)

18 Hidden store (5)

19 Panorama (5)

20 Velocity (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Steeples, 5 More, 9 Flint, 10 Inroads, 11 With impunity, 13 In debt, 14 Scrubs, 17 Cartographer, 20 Proviso, 21 Aorta, 22 Nose, 23 Branches. Down: 1 Soft, 2 Edified, 3 Put the boot in, 4 Enigma, 6 Okapi, 7 Essayist, 8 Group-captain, 12 Linchpin, 15 Unearth, 16 Ardour, 18 Riots, 19 Pass.