Compact crossword - The Scotsman 23/02/2012
Across
1 Person (coll) (10)
7 Serious loss of cognitive ability (8)
8 Draw (4)
9 Platform (5)
10 Seizes (coll) (7)
12 Established forms of government (13)
15 Unfamiliar (7)
17 Facilitates (5)
20 Criminal band (4)
21 Worried (coll) (8)
22 Couriers (10)
Down
1 Unfit (5)
2 Deepens a river, harbour, etc (7)
3 Ballot (4)
4 Verbal exchange (8)
5 Horrify (5)
6 Old coin (6)
11 Line drawings (8)
13 Bandit (6)
14 List in detail (7)
16 Point of view (5)
18 Push with force (5)
19 Satellite (4)
Wednesday’s solution:
Across: 1 Circular, 5 Crag, 9 Class, 10 Coerced, 11 Christchurch, 13 Ceding, 14 Compel, 17 Arctic Circle, 20 Incline,
21 Tacky, 22 Acid, 23 Beechnut.
Down: 1 Cock, 2 Reached, 3 Unscientific, 4 Alcott, 6 Racer, 7 Godchild, 8 Technocratic, 12 Sciatica, 15 Pelican, 16 Scheme, 18 Cacti, 19 Cyst.