Compact crossword - The Scotsman 19/09/14
ACROSS
7 Stringed instrumentalist (13)
9 Short poem (7)
10 Musical work (5)
11 Large town (4)
12 Hone (5)
16 Notes played together (5)
17 _ quaver (4)
21 Second showing (5)
22 Cowherd’s musical instrument (7)
23 Musical arrangement (13)
DOWN
1 Caviare (anag) (7)
2 Old woodwind instrument (7)
3 Bumpkin (5)
4 Trumpet (7)
5 Keyboard instrument (5)
6 Backless seat (5)
8 Duplicate (11)
13 Sang (7)
14 Musical (7)
15 Small 5 down (7)
18 Sing sentimentally (5)
19 _ note (an embellishment) (5)
20 Sprinkle (5)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 1 Hoarding, 5 Emma, 9 Snafu, 10 Scholar, 11 Well-mannered, 13 Tirade, 14 Active, 17 Over and above, 20 Laurels, 21 Noted, 22 Ruth, 23 Partisan.
Down: 1 Hash, 2 Amateur, 3 Double-dealer, 4 Nassau, 6 Miler, 7 Abridge, 8 China cabinet, 12 Stroller, 15 Invites, 16 Odessa, 18 Erupt, 19 Odin.