Compact crossword - The Scotsman 26/11/14

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Wednesday’s puzzle

ACROSS

1 Infuser (3-5)

5 Hyphen (4)

9 Do a runner (3,2)

10 Wreath (7)

11 -273 degrees C (8,4)

13 Dark image (6)

14 One below par (golf) (6)

17 One who wants to put an end to something (12)

20 Green vegetable (7)

21 Fit out (5)

22 Christmas (4)

23 Curriculum (8)

DOWN

1 Road tax (4)

2 Branch of mathematics (7)

3 Extremely large (12)

4 Breakfast food container (6)

6 Conscious of (5)

7 Gas (8)

8 Borehole (8,4)

12 Murderer (8)

15 Interrupt (7)

16 Powerful (6)

18 Chemical compound (5)

19 Musical composition (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 1 Catnip, 4 Stroll, 8 What for, 10 Great, 11 Rated, 12 Inroads, 13 Well-advised, 18 Fellini, 20 Sinai, 22 Serve, 23 Emended, 24 Treaty, 25 Adhere.

Down: 1 Coward, 2 Toast, 3 Infidel, 5 Tiger, 6 Operate, 7 Latest, 8 Train-driver, 14 Enlarge, 15 Instead, 16 Offset, 17 Fiddle, 19 Inept, 23 Nudge.