YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION

Across: 1 Patch; 4 Bailiff; 8 Taxicab; 9 Adder; 10 Nest; 11 Contract; 13 Emus; 14 Soda; 16 Arrested; 17 Stye; 20 Heels; 21 Allowed; 22 Retinue; 23 Ruler. Down: 1 Patent leather; 2 Taxes; 3 Hock; 4 Baboon; 5 Inaction; 6 Indiana; 7 First offender; 12 Bursts in; 13 Earnest; 15 Menace; 18 Towel; 19 Slur.