Compact crossword - The Scotsman 25/07/13
ACROSS
1 Gives asylum to (8)
5 Expectorate (4)
9 Throb (5)
10 Provide funds to businesses (7)
11 Small bats (12)
13 Contrive (6)
14 An arachnid (6)
17 Put in order again (12)
20 A descriptive term (7)
21 A table of contents (5)
22 Cast off (4)
23 Conceives (8)
DOWN
1 Publicity stunt (4)
2 Recovers (7)
3 First performance of a play, etc (7,5)
4 Disprove (6)
6 A jury (5)
7 Value greatly (8)
8 Translating (12)
12 Long, wandering journeys (8)
15 German city (7)
16 Tempo (6)
18 Exalt (5)
19 Gets rid of (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Great Lakes, 7 Superior, 8 Teak, 9 Slope, 10 Ontario, 12 ‘West Side Story’, 15 Atrophy, 17 Spahi, 20 Erie, 21 Geometry, 22 Stonemason.
Down: 1 Gruel, 2 Eye-spot, 3 Twin, 4 Arranged, 5 Extra, 6 Rapier, 11 Michigan, 13 Entire, 14 Topless, 16 Overt, 18 Huron, 19 Boom.