Solutions to previous puzzle:

Across: 1 Consolation; 9 Red Army; 10 Until; 11 Verge; 12 Rub down; 13 Typist; 15 Tissue; 18 Tresses; 20 Carib; 22 Olive; 23 Ensigns; 24 Self-starter. Down: 2 Order; 3 Surreys; 4 Layers; 5 Thumb; 6 Outdoes; 7 Gravitation; 8 Blunderbuss; 14 Poetise; 16 Incisor; 17 Assent; 19 Shelf; 21 Rogue.