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Inside Job

It's what's on the inside that counts.

A clever wordplay puzzle where themed answers contain other words. Can you spot the 'inside' meanings lurking in the grid?

By PuzzledCross

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Across

3.Records that contain a single 'record' within.
6.Brand new, like a word containing its own opposite.
7.It might be pushed on a bike or a piano.
10.Poker player's 'I see you and...'.
11.Reflexive pronoun that's home to some of Santa's helpers.
14.SI measures that have a single 'measure' within.
15.Web destinations hiding one 'destination'.
16.A teaching that contains 'a smaller amount'.
17.Irritated, a feeling described by the first three letters.

Down

1.Eager to learn about a rare 'object' found within.
2.The guilty party, who may belong to a certain 'fringe group'.
3.Pushed down... or what's left if you remove the first two letters.
4.A perfect model that is built on a singular 'concept'.
5.Come to a stop, finding 'comfort' in the middle.
8.Many-sided, like a group that includes some who might 'take a plunge'.
9.Wounds that secretly harbor some big cats?
12.To join together... with one 'component' visible inside the whole.
13.Ancient stone slab containing a prefix for 'vision' or 'phone'.

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