COMPACT CROSSWORD ONE

ACROSS

7 A conifer (4) 8 Urgent (8) 9Apost(5) 10 Thrilling (7) 12 Firmament (3) 13 A musical group (5-4) 16 Examined (9) 17 A pig-pen (3) 19 Barren (7) 21 Diving bird (5) 23 A blood-feud (8) 24 Curve (4)

DOWN

1 Wrong (8) 2 Adorns (5) 3 A secret agent (3) 4 Enchanted (9) 5 Attribute (7) 6Soon(4) 11 Reckon (9) 14 Take notice (L) (4,4) 15 Enhance (7) 18 Snatches (5) 20 English river (4) 22 Utter (3)