Compact crossword - The Scotsman 22/05/14
ACROSS
7 Shed tears (4)
8 Rendered defenceless (8)
9 Multitude (5)
10 Jubilation (7)
12 Sum up (3)
13 A place of refuge (9)
16 Surround (9)
17 Left over (3)
19 Full of energy (7)
21 Vestige (5)
23 Calm (8)
24 Go out of business (4)
DOWN
1 Under an obligation (to) (8)
2 A type of fine porcelain (5)
3 A lyric poem (3)
4 Blackbull (9)
5 Difficult to accomplish (7)
6 Any large brown seaweed (4)
11 Joy (9)
14 Derision (8)
15 Contaminate (7)
18 Work hard (coll) (5)
20 Image (4)
22 Bother (3)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Dumb waiter, 7 Natural, 8 Paris, 10 Mark, 11 Reprieve, 13 Muster, 15 Jester, 17 Tap water, 18 Plea, 21 Roast, 22 Rosette, 23 Four-poster.
Down: 1 Deter, 2 Mere, 3 Walter, 4 Importer, 5 Earnest, 6 Anemometer, 9 Shearwater, 12 Decanter, 14 Soprano, 16 Weirdo, 19 Later, 20 Psst.