Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Side. 3 Spinster. 8 Rove. 9 Ailments. 11 Person of note. 13 Events. 14 Clutch. 17 Green fingers. 20 Talisman. 21 Fall. 22 Portside. 23 Eyes.

Down: 1 Scrapped. 2 Diverse. 4 Prison. 5 No man’s land. 6 Tenet. 7 Rush. 10 Fortresses. 12 Thistles. 15 Therapy. 16 Afraid. 18 Ruler. 19 Stop.