FRIDAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across: 1 Pips; 3 Contests; 9 Serious; 10 Exams; 11 Disagreement; 13 Tablet; 15 Amoral; 17 United States; 20 Alien; 21 Earlobe; 22 Disperse; 23 Isis. Down: 1 Postdate; 2 Paris; 4 Ousted; 5 Thermometers; 6 Spanner; 7 So-so; 8 Long sentence; 12 Plasters; 14 Bandits; 16 Adders; 18 Tools; 19 Yard.