Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 30/05/2012
ACROSS
1 Way of riding (10)
7 Towards the side (8)
8 Bloody (4)
9 Perfect (5)
10 Be chairman (7)
12 Very funny (4-9)
15 Most of the time (2,1,4)
17 Reverse of a single (music) (1-4)
20 March 15 (4)
21 Underworld organisations (8)
22 Rattlesnake (10)
DOWN
1 Supported a faction (5)
2 Time for payment (3,4)
3 Mop (4)
4 Seize goods of debtor (8)
5 Former capital of Nigeria (5)
6 John _____, English poet (6)
11 Final programme (8)
13 Interior (6)
14 Fought (7)
16 Hindu sage (5)
18 Contributor (5)
19 Opposed (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across:8 Rag, 9 Challenge, 10 Trace, 11 Genteel, 12 Chastity, 14 Flow, 15 Spry, 16 Gradient, 20 Lampoon, 21 Aware, 23 Mendicant, 24 Cut. Down:1 Critic, 2 Agra, 3 Accent, 4 Daughter-in-law, 5 Underlie, 7 Fellow, 13 Acrimony, 15 Solemn, 17 Dearth, 18 Treaty, 19 Topic, 22 Arch.