Compact crossword - The Scotsman 27/06/14
ACROSS
7 Children’s ball game (6,7)
9 Become less drunk (5,2)
10 Housey-housey (5)
11 Overcast (4)
12 Easy catch (5)
16 Tartan (5)
17 Confused impression (4)
21 Shane (anag) (5)
22 Remain quiet (4,3)
23 Party game (7,6)
DOWN
1 Illegally ahead of the ball (7)
2 Team sport (7)
3 Make a goal (5)
4 Slot-machine game (7)
5 Completely broke (5)
6 Backless seat (5)
8 Corrosion-resistant alloy (11)
13 Devil (3,4)
14 Card game (3,4)
15 Give one’s word (7)
18 Board game (5)
19 Card game (5)
20 Underworld flower (5)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 1 Outright, 5 Agra, 9 Civic, 10 Moorage, 11 Transgressed, 13 Unseen, 14 Bonnet, 17 Belligerence, 20 Andante, 21 Hyena, 22 Stem, 23 Reprisal.
Down: 1 Once, 2 Taverns, 3 Inconvenient, 4 Homage, 6 Geans, 7 Anecdote, 8 Come together, 12 Sunbeams, 15 Nickels, 16 Severe, 18 Lodge, 19 Pail.