Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 6 Scholar. 7 Drain. 9 Trail. 10 Revered. 12 Deferential. 14 Demonstrate. 18 Protest. 19 Final. 21 Inter. 22 Telling. Down: 1 Scorn. 2 Polite. 3 Dam. 4 Ardent. 5 Literal. 8 Revelry. 11 Persist. 13 Bearing. 15 Outset. 16 Triple. 17 Taunt. 20 Let.