Friday’s solutions:

Across: - 1 Statistics. 7 Emend. 8 Friends. 10 Overture. 11 Peal. 13 Lesson. 15 Picnic. 17 Corn. 18 Cannibal. 21 Species. 22 Greta. 23 Chess-match. Down: - 1 Sieve. 2 Addition. 3 Infirm. 4 Twig. 5 Concern. 6 Recollects. 9 Salt-cellar. 12 Midnight. 14 Screech. 16 Ransom. 19 Beech. 20 Hits.