Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 14/03/13
Across
1 Preventative action (10)
7 Stick out (7)
8 Composition (mus) (5)
10 Therefore (4)
11 Entire (8)
13 Wild garlic (6)
15 Turning-point (6)
17 Informed (8)
18 River of central Europe (4)
21 Tests (abbrev) (5)
22 Stroll (7)
23 Reached a stalemate (10)
Down
1 Spike of a fork (5)
2 Regular (4)
3 Writer (6)
4 Mounted soldiers (8)
5 Safety valves (7)
6 Outward show (10)
9 Bursars (10)
12 Perplexed (8)
14 Marsh-gas (7)
16 Reaches (4,2)
19 Old-fashioned (5)
20 Rubbish (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 7 Boob, 8 Larkspur, 9 Gnome, 10 Anarchy, 12 Eft, 13 Poppycock, 16 Town clerk, 17 Gnu, 19 Stringy, 21 Knock, 23 Ambrosia, 24 Rash.
Down: 1 To and fro, 2 H-bomb, 3 Elk, 4 Transport, 5 Ostrich, 6 Push, 11 Zoologist, 14 Cynicism, 15 In vitro, 18 Intro, 20 Tomb, 22 Cat.