Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 3 Appending. 8 Ajar. 9 Party game. 10 Bakery. 11 Wager. 14 Nears. 15 Dear. 16 Sites. 18 Lads. 20 Trees. 21 Sloth. 24 Barrow. 25 Nominally. 26 Fair. 27 Red-handed.

Down: 1 Carbuncle. 2 Backwards. 4 Play. 5 Extra. 6 Dogged. 7 Name. 9 Press. 11 Watch. 12 Rehearsal. 13 Crossword. 17 Stray. 19 Sleigh. 22 Train. 23 Tome. 24 Blue.