Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Pump. 3 Passages. 9 Skipper. 10 Loops. 11 Intercession. 13 Enmesh. 15 Bridge. 17 Scene-shifter. 20 Piece. 21 Brocade. 22 Chessmen. 23 Mess.

Down: 1 Pastimes. 2 Moist. 4 Agrees. 5 Sole survivor. 6 Grow old. 7 Sash. 8 Opera singers. 12 Nearness. 14 Machete. 16 Usable. 18 Trade. 19 Epic.