Compact crossword
ACROSS
1 Buy back (10)
7 Ruler (8)
8 Aid (4)
9 Undress (5)
10 Frozen floater (7)
12 Repayment (13)
15 Duty on real estate (4-3)
17 Serpent (5)
20 Old Indian coin (4)
21 Poor rate (anag) (8)
22 1p (5-5)
DOWN
1 Henhouse (5)
2 Bonus (7)
3 South African currency (4)
4 Ready money (4,4)
5 European in India (5)
6 Two-shilling piece (6)
11 Old European silver coin (8)
13 ____ Paige, singer (6)
14 Coining (7)
16 Male duck (5)
18 Currency unit of Denmark and Norway (5)
19 Sob (4)
Tuesday's solution
Across: 8 Erg, 9 Temperate, 10 Stiff, 11 Rescind, 12 Achieved, 14 Fair, 15 Pure, 16 Accident, 20 Espouse, 21 Dhoti, 23 Expletive, 24 Mob.
Down: 1 Red Sea, 2 Ugli, 3 Stifle, 4 Emergency exit, 5 Dense, 6 Badinage, 7 Fender, 13 Hornpipe, 15 Prefer, 17 Indeed, 18 Trilby, 19 Tuned, 22 Ohms.