Compact crossword - The Scotsman
ACROSS
1 Jelly from seaweed (4-4)
5 Senile (4)
9 Be of use (5)
10 Story about middle-class people (3,4)
11 Pink creamy dish (12)
13 Go away! (6)
14 Angle-measuring instrument (6)
17 Borehole (8,4)
20 Chilean desert (7)
21 Leave of absence (5)
22 Jezebel’s husband (4)
23 Capital of Malta (8)
DOWN
1 Not at home (4)
2 SE US state (7)
3 November 1 (3,6,3)
4 Port in SW Iran (6)
6 Manila hemp (5)
7 Emblem of immortality (8)
8 Regulating part of a watch (7-5)
12 Polynesian skirt (4-4)
15 I lament (anag) (7)
16 _ Canal (6)
18 Headdress (5)
19 Volcano in Sicily (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 1 Chalet, 4 Trusts, 9 Trapped, 10 Pilot, 11 Lathe, 12 Oddball, 13 Constructed, 18 Sophism, 20 Laura, 22 Heeds, 23 Narwhai, 24 Rusted, 25 Stored.
Down: 1 Cuttle, 2 Apart, 3 Express, 5 Rapid, 6 Salvage, 7 Settle, 8 Adjournment, 14 Ospreys, 15 Culprit, 16 Esther, 17 Tailed, 19 Issue, 21 Usher.