Compact crossword - The Scotsman 31/01/13

Thursday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 31st Jan 2013, 02:10 BST

ACROSS

7 Courageous (4)

8 Crowd (coll) (8)

9 Bullets (5)

10 Scratches (7)

12 Farm animal (3)

13 Out-and-out (9)

16 Safeguarded (9)

17 Have debts (3)

19 Large stone (7)

21 Compact (5)

23 Rapturous (8)

24 Concise (4)

DOWN

1 Disciple (8)

2 Old saying (5)

3 Step in for (3)

4 Made a getaway (9)

5 Prominent star (7)

6 Inkling (4)

11 A small marrow (9)

14 Small tree of the rose family (8)

15 Detach (7)

18 Sales talk (coll) (5)

20 Expression of pain (4)

22 Frosty (3)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Stalagmite, 7 Display, 8 Stiff, 10 Lull, 11 Computer, 13 Twenty, 15 Baobab, 17 Operated, 18 COED, 21 Shaft, 22 Glutton, 23 Electronic.

Down: 1 Sisal, 2 Ally, 3 Anyhow, 4 Misspeak, 5 Twin-tub, 6 Idolatrous, 9 Foreboding, 12 Atlantic, 14 Eyeball, 16 Beggar, 19 Optic, 20 Turn.