Compact crossword - The Scotsman

Today’s puzzle...

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.