Friday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Metalled. 5 Stem. 9 News. 10 Scorpion. 11 Utter. 12 Candida. 13 Crossword clue. 18 Underlay. 19 Slur. 20 Berated. 21 Bored. 22 Dodo. 23 Pacifist.

Down: 2 Elector. 3 Answers. 4 Encyclopaedia. 6 Trivial. 7 Mandate. 8 Ironed. 13 Clubbed. 14 Ordered. 15 Sprite. 16 Cast off. 17 Usurers.