MONDAY’S SOLUTION

(No 8,470) — ACROSS: 1 Cotton bud. 6 Roc. 8 Sprint. 9 Taper. 10 Asylum. 11 Aspirin. 13 Blatant. 16 Arabic. 18 Lurid. 19 Inside. 21 Ski. 22 Certainly. DOWN: 1 Cap. 2 Trial. 3 Ottoman. 4 Big top. 5 Draper. 7 Chronicle. 8 Seatbelts. 12 Stamina. 14 Aortic. 15 Ardour. 17 Arson. 20 Dry. SOLUTION TOMORROW