Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Plinth. 4 Beacon. 9 Inconvenience. 10 Oppress. 11 Obese. 12 Scare. 14 Reach. 18 Eat up. 19 Cleaner. 21 Retrospective. 22 Redeem. 23 Plague.

Down: 1 Prison. 2 Incapacitated. 3 Tense. 5 Episode. 6 Condescending. 7 Needed. 8 Cease. 13 Reprove. 15 Terror. 16 Scope. 17 Grieve. 20 Excel.