Compact crossword - The Scotsman 16/04/15
ACROSS
1 Blew hot and cold (10)
7 Without warning (8)
8 A part of the eye (4)
9 Brief (5)
10 Prattle (7)
12 In a safe place (3,2,5,3)
15 Fetid (7)
17 An extremist (5)
20 South American capital city (4)
21 Idle (8)
22 Parties (10)
DOWN
1 Abundant (5)
2 Experience (7)
3 Cistern (4)
4 All over (8)
5 Turf out (5)
6 A picture house (6)
11 Stand up for (8)
13 Paradise (6)
14 Pays tribute (to) (7)
16 A flood (5)
18 Talks wildly (5)
19 Grow pale (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Ebenezer, 5 Epee, 9 Earth, 10 Concede, 11 Ecclesiastes, 13 Poetry, 14 Eggs on, 17 Even-tempered, 20 Eternal, 21 Eclat, 22 Ante, 23 Emoticon.
Down: 1 Eden, 2 Earache, 3 Exhilarating, 4 Excuse, 6 Pleat, 7 Evensong, 8 Entanglement, 12 Ephemera, 15 Shellac, 16 Emblem, 18 Elect, 19 Stun.