Compact crossword - The Scotsman 14/11/13
ACROSS
1 Supports (6,2)
5 Fruit (4)
9 Type of coffee (5)
10 Battle (1513) (7)
11 Wind instrument (4,8)
13 Musical dramas (6)
14 Attack at a rush (6)
17 Shipshape (5,3,4)
20 Cleaner (7)
21 Nimble (5)
22 Cummerbund (4)
23 Adds sugar, honey, etc (8)
DOWN
1 Be sullen (4)
2 Put into action (7)
3 Helmet-shaped caps (4-8)
4 Confound (6)
6 Fully loaded (5)
7 Old travelling musician (8)
8 The press (6,6)
12 Is composed (of) (8)
15 Comprehend (7)
16 Boy’s name (6)
18 Golf clubs (5)
19 Stables converted into houses, etc (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Gethsemane, 7 At a pinch, 8 Want, 9 Brora, 10 Braying, 12 In the majority, 15 Buzzard, 17 Amber, 20 Lean, 21 Truckage, 22 Decomposer.
Down: 1 Gator, 2 Toparch, 3 Sink, 4 Maharaja, 5 Noway, 6 And not, 11 Amaretto, 13 Nausea, 14 Remakes, 16 Zante, 18 Edgar, 19 Hump.