YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across

1. Readied 5. Smile 8. Necessary evil 9. Nod 10. Rehearses 12. Cynics 13. Espies 15. Repossess 16. Ado 18. Fool’s paradise 20. Swept 21. Extinct

Down 1. Run-in 2. Accident-prone 3. Instructs 4. Deaths 5. Shy 6. Investigation 7. Enlists 11. Assistant 12. Carafes 14. Deface 17. Overt 19. Set