Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 4 Ability. 8 Ocular. 9 Distend. 10 Treaty. 11 Hollow. 12 Flagrant. 18 Conflict. 20 Deface. 21 Ballad. 22 Variety. 23 Action. 24 Plenary.

Down: 1 Fortify. 2 Numeral. 3 Matter. 5 Brighten. 6 Little. 7 Tendon. 13 Ancestor. 14 Villain. 15 Student. 16 Recall. 17 Malign. 19 Fiasco.