YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across: 1 Ups and downs; 9 Insider; 10 Terse; 11 Treat; 12 Centaur; 13 Regard; 15 Repeal; 18 Wastrel; 20 Bantu; 22 Exact; 23 Maintop; 24 Condescends. Down: 2 Paste; 3 Auditor; 4 Direct; 5 Often; 6 Narrate; 7 Bitter sweet; 8 Petrol pumps; 14 Gestapo; 16 Ebb tide; 17 Climbs; 19 Rated; 21 Noted.