YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across

1. Antithetical 8. Punitory 9. Sign 11. Ether 12. Chianti 13. Duke 15. Snug 19. Courier 20. Blast 22. Take 23. Stalling 24. Specialising Down 2. Ninth 3. In turn 4. Horace 5. Chignon 6. Landing-stage 7. Appendicitis 10. Via 14. Knuckle 16. Fit 17. Brutal 18. Obelus 21. Alien