Yesterday Across:

1. Christina, 6. Eft, 8. Motto, 9,12ac & 7dn. Take the bull by the horns, 10. Jacket potato, 13. Blyton, 16. Retrograding, 19. Ignoble, 20. Irene, 21. Nee, 22. Religious.

Down: 1. Came, 2. Rat-tail, 3. Shock absorber, 4. In toto, 5. Acknowledging, 6. Extra, 11. Abortion, 14. Tangelo, 15. Orwell, 17. Tense, 18. Lens.