Compact crossword - The Scotsman 10/01/14
ACROSS
7 Town in north-east England (13)
9 Capital of Burma (7)
10 Capital of Bihar, India (5)
11 Actors and actresses (4)
12 City in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (5)
16 Labourer (5)
17 West coast resort (4)
21 Smooth (5)
22 Capital of Saxony, Germany (7)
23 German city Chemnitz from 1953 to 1990 (4-4-5)
DOWN
1 United States (7)
2 Peculiar quality (7)
3 Spate (5)
4 Capital of Libya (7)
5 Capital of Ecuador (5)
6 Sandbank (5)
8 Capital of a Central American country (3,8)
13 Capital of Sicily (7)
14 Former capital of Cote d’Ivoire (7)
15 Silliness (7)
18 Japanese port (5)
19 Capital of Egypt (5)
20 _____ rarebit (5)
Thursday’s solution
Across: 1 Postpone, 5 Mali, 9 Grant, 10 Garland, 11 Appointments, 13 Oblong, 14 Endear, 12 Bottom dollar, 20 Relates, 21 Orion, 22 Shed, 23 Inherent.
Down: 1 Page, 2 Scalpel, 3 Put down roots, 4 Nagano, 6 Again, 7 Industry, 8 Criminal code, 12 Bombards, 15 Examine, 16 Adds on, 18 Tulle, 19 Knit.