WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION

(No 8,215): ACROSS: 1 Thread. 4 Catch. 7 Profligate. 8 Iris. 9 Aorta. 11 Flavour. 13 Debacle. 15 Ahead. 17 Soil. 18 Pomeranian. 20 Ebony. 21 Editor. DOWN: 1 Tariff. 2 Ears. 3 Defraud. 4 China. 5 Tea. 6 Hyena. 7 Pirate. 10 Reckon. 12 Revenge. 14 Eclair. 15 Ample. 16 Derby. 17 Sari. 19 Moo.