Compact crossword - The Scotsman 16/10/13
ACROSS
1 Old World bird (6,4)
7 Reverie (8)
8 Tub (4)
9 Natural springs (5)
10 Act as chairman (7)
12 Stupid obstinacy (13)
15 Shoulder-blade (7)
17 US sea bream (5)
20 Diminutive for Elizabeth (4)
21 Make-up (coll) (3,5)
22 State of financial security (4,6)
DOWN
1 Mark left behind (5)
2 Santa’s reindeer (7)
3 Onion-like vegetable (4)
4 Town in southern Scotland (8)
5 Feelings experienced (5)
6 Quarrelling over (2,4)
11 Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire (8)
13 Moved slowly (6)
14 Newly-born (7)
16 Starchy food (5)
18 Animal related to the civet (5)
19 Rubbish (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 8 Can, 9 Schoolboy, 10 Utter, 11 Suspect, 12 Enforced, 14 Item, 15 Draw, 16 Afforded, 20 Residue, 21 Spoor, 23 Cambridge, 24 Can.
Down: 1 Accuse, 2 Knit, 3 Usurer, 4 Chesterfields, 5 Loose, 6 Objected, 7 System, 13 Fearsome, 15 Direct, 17 Oyster, 18 Daring, 19 Adore, 22 Once.