Compact crossword - The Scotsman 18/12/14
ACROSS
1 Serviceable (10)
7 Enchanted (7)
8 Weird (5)
10 Odd (4)
11 Oppressed (8)
13 Calm (6)
15 Invisible (6)
17 Obscene (8)
18 Pig-pen (4)
21 Depend (on) (5)
22 Sideways (7)
23 Subsidence (10)
DOWN
1 Natural aptitude (5)
2 Deaden (4)
3 Monotony (6)
4 Cooked too much (8)
5 Put in order (7)
6 Achieve (10)
9 Facing extinction (10)
12 Prudent (8)
14 Moderately slow (mus) (7)
16 Employ (6)
19 Precept (5)
20 Hebridean island (4)
Wednesday’s solution:
Across: 7 Yoke, 8 Coercion, 9 Angle, 10 Descent, 12 Dry, 13 Prattling, 16 Obsession, 17 The, 19 Treated, 21 Klimt, 23 Medicine, 24 Claw.
Down: 1 Corncrib, 2 Jelly, 3 Ich, 4 Dejection, 5 Ice-cold, 6 Down, 11 Brasserie, 14 Nehemiah, 15 Denarii, 18 Slice, 20 Rhea, 22 Per.