FRIDAY’S SOLUTION — (No 9,222) ACROSS:

1 Quartet. 7 Evades. 8 Against. 9 Amid. 10 Rots. 12 Jump off. 14 Locates. 16 Ecru. 18 Safe. 20 Iridium. 21 Puffin. 22 Grey fox. DOWN: 1 Quarrel. 2 Apart. 3 Tine. 4 Tetanus. 5 Bad apple. 6 Relief. 11 Stave off. 12 Jesting. 13 Flummox. 15 Opaque. 17 Cliff. 19 Dime. SOLUTION ON MONDAY