Compact crossword - The Scotsman 09/04/15
ACROSS
1 Sympathy (10)
7 Burdensome (7)
8 Trajectory (5)
10 A fool (coll) (4)
11 Kiss (8)
13 Lead astray (6)
15 Certainly (6)
17 An Indian rice dish (8)
18 And other things (2,2)
21 Confrontation (3-2)
22 Have too much food (7)
23 Dealer’s premises (4-3-3)
DOWN
1 Tiresome person (5)
2 An inert gas (4)
3 Be uppermost in one’s thoughts (6)
4 Articulate (8)
5 Vegetable (7)
6 Bird (10)
9 A surveying instrument (10)
12 Showed a film, etc (8)
14 News (7)
16 A felt hat (6)
19 Negotiate (5)
20 Experience (4)
Solution
Across: 7 Pair, 8 Linoleum, 9 Paris, 10 Emotion, 12 Any, 13 Quasimodo, 16 White City, 17 Wry, 19 Adverbs, 21 Jolly, 23 Implicit, 24 Rick.
Down: 1 Savannah, 2 Fruit, 3 Fly, 4 Animosity, 5 Old-time, 6 Hugo, 11 Hunchback, 14 Derelict, 15 Steeple, 18 Notre, 20 Dame, 22 Sty.