Compact crossword
ACROSS
7 Crooked (coll) (4)
8 Perturbed (8)
9 Criminal (5)
10 Proposition (7)
12 A large marble (3)
13 Terrible (9)
16 A brown or yellow quartz (9)
17 Saying (3)
19 The science of language (7)
21 A working party (5)
23 Spanish city (8)
24 Summit (4)
DOWN
1 A type of rum (8)
2 Razor sharpener (5)
3 Uncooked (3)
4 Pay no attention to (9)
5 Gigantic (7)
6 King of the gods in Greek mythology (4)
11 Seize (someone) from behind and force forwards (4-5)
14 Unexpectedly (8)
15 Of the first rank (7)
18 On the same footing (5)
20 Unit of currency in Iran (4)
22 Go off course (3)
Wednesday's solution
Across: 1 Touch-judge, 7 Offside, 8 Doric, 10 Vest, 11 Nebraska, 13 Repeat, 15 Mid-leg, 17 Innocent, 18 Trad, 21 Nonet, 22 Glasgow, 23 Penalty try.
Down: 1 Tiffs, 2 Unit, 3 Heeled, 4 Underpin, 5 Girasol, 6 Conversion, 9 Charge down, 12 Calcutta, 14 Penance, 16 Knight, 19 Rugby, 20 Pact.