PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Archipelago; 9 Exactor; 10 Worse; 11 Pitch; 12 Threats; 13 Nicest; 15 Demean; 18 Heroine; 20 Legal; 22 Nears; 23 Torment; 24 Antecedents.

Down: 2 React; 3 Hitches; 4 Parity; 5 Lower; 6 Garbage; 7 Helping hand; 8 Personality; 14 curtain; 16 Enlarge; 17 Settle; 19 Issue; 21 Great.