Compact crossword - The Scotsman 29/07/15
Wednesday’s puzzle
ACROSS
7 13 across (4)
8 Charged (8)
9 Whitish (5)
10 Flatter (7)
12 Emmet (3)
13 Carthorse (anag) (9)
16 Cleanser (9)
17 Everything (3)
19 Now (7)
21 Many (prefix) (5)
23 Artistic (8)
24 Long live (Italian) (4)
DOWN
1 Perseverance (8)
2 NW US state (5)
3 Plead (3)
4 Help (4,1,4)
5 In deficit (2,1,4)
6 Clenched hand (4)
11 Banditry (9)
14 Proportional (8)
15 Compactness (7)
18 Bland (5)
20 Rake (4)
22 Clerical vestment (3)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 1 Mushroomed, 8 Disturb, 9 Fraud, 10 Slew, 11 Stun, 12 Era, 14 Nod off, 15 Cosmic, 18 Err, 20 Loam, 21 Prim, 23 Drove, 24 Dragoon, 25 Statements. Down: 1 Misdeed, 2 Soul, 3 Rebate, 4 Off and on, 5 Erase, 6 Odds and ends, 7 Advancement, 13 Affluent, 16 Maroon, 17 Random, 19 Roost, 22 Pawn.