Compact crossword - The Scotsman 07/11/12

Wednesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Nov 2012, 02:18 BST

ACROSS

1 Deep-fried pancake (6,4)

7 Remove clothing (7)

8 Small rodent (5)

10 Bone in forearm (4)

11 Capital of Alberta (8)

13 Slender (6)

15 Break free (6)

17 Droop (8)

18 Saga (4)

21 Relinquish (5)

22 Latin American dance (7)

23 Warmest season (10)

DOWN

1 Portable chair (5)

2 Emit smoke (4)

3 End of rugby match (2-4)

4 Reply (8)

5 __ Lynn, country singer (7)

6 A Mull aunty (anag) (10)

9 Warmly clothed (6-4)

12 Very hard mineral (8)

14 Short poem (7)

16 Stableman (6)

19 Stage of development (5)

20 Zulu warriors (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 7 Parole, 8 Amount, 9 Want, 10 Distance, 11 Canary, 12 Dressy, 14 Canter, 17 Wicked, 19 Aggrieve, 21 Ache. 22 Aspire, 23 Regard.

Down: 1 Banana, 2 Contract, 3 Deadly, 4 Lapsed, 5 Coda, 6 Snicks, 13 Exchange, 15 Argosy, 16 Reeled, 17 Wherry,

18 Exhort, 20 Rail.