Compact crossword - The Scotsman 07/03/2012

Across

1 Jumble (10)

7 Fine meteoric powder (8)

8 Ark builder (4)

9 Series of links (5)

10 Warning signal (7)

12 Do something completely (2,3,5,3)

15 Illicit liquor shop (7)

17 Screech (5)

20 Span (4)

21 Part of the Atlantic (5,3)

22 Overbearing (4-6)

Down

1 Incubate (5)

2 Lose lustre (7)

3 Pull (4)

4 Greek or Russian church (8)

5 Certainty (colloq) (5)

6 Coiffure (6)

11 Rather sugary (8)

13 Heroin (anag) (2,4)

14 Protected from shock (7)

16 Religion originating in Persia (5)

18 In the lead (5)

19 Greeting developed from how are you (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 8 Rut, 9 Prejudice, 10 Crave, 11 Ongoing, 12 Stampede, 14 Pier, 15 Duns, 16 Attained, 20 Biryani, 21 Scour,

23 Trafalgar, 24 Cos.

Down: 1 Tricks, 2 Stoa, 3 Upkeep, 4 Second strings, 5 Judge, 6 Division, 7 Verger, 13 Abnormal, 15 Debate, 17 Absurd,

18 Duress, 19 Banal, 22 Ouch.