Compact crossword - The Scotsman 11/06/15
ACROSS
1 A defensive footballer (10)
7 Powerless (8)
8 Panache (4)
9 Tell tales (5)
10 Fit of ill-temper (7)
12 Having strong foundations (2,5,6)
15 An attacking footballer (7)
17 On the other hand (2,3)
20 A female opera singer (4)
21 Understood (8)
22 Cashier (10)
DOWN
1 A street urchin (5)
2 A yellowish-green colour (7)
3 Was acquainted (with) (4)
4 Alienate (8)
5 Turn inside out (5)
6 Planet (6)
11 Irish city (8)
13 A blockhead (coll) (6)
14 Part with (5,2)
16 US state (5)
18 Happen (5)
19 Baseless (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Grid A
Across: 1 Grudging, 5 Gong, 9 Grove, 10 Trustee, 11 Going concern, 13 Physic, 14 Ganges, 17 Good gracious, 20 Anagram, 21 Swing, 22 Soho, 23 Indulged.
Down: 1 Gage, 2 Ufology, 3 Green fingers, 4 Notice, 6 Outré, 7 Greenest, 8 Guinea-Bissau, 12 Spyglass, 15 Gouging, 16 Gammon, 18 Omagh, 19 Aged.