Compact Crossword - The Scotsman 27/02/13

Wednesday’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Feb 2013, 00:00 BST

Across

1 Camera part (10)

7 Inaugural gift (7)

8 Blossom (5)

10 Shade (4)

11 Erasure (8)

13 Run very fast (6)

15 Acid from milk (6)

17 Minus (8)

18 Maple genus (4)

21 Ring harshly (5)

22 Tungsten (7)

23 Torch (10)

Down

1 Toxic substance (5)

2 Effortlessness (4)

3 Trifle (anag) (6)

4 Peer (8)

5 Self-interested person (7)

6 Having a pleasing appearance in snapshots (10)

9 Black-and-white (10)

12 Composite pictures (8)

14 Part of a wicket (3,4)

16 Affirmation (6)

19 Omission sign (5)

20 Shared online journal (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 7 Carrot, 8 Anorak, 9 Orra, 10 Heritage, 11 Indeed, 12 Warren, 14 Dressy, 17 Effort, 19 Seafarer, 21 Rare, 22 Merino, 23 Treaty. Down: 1 Barren, 2 Breakers, 3 Itched, 4 Narrow, 5 Bout, 6 Bargee, 13 Referred, 15 Reefer, 16 Yarrow, 17 Errata, 18 Rarity, 20 Fair.