FRIDAY’S SOLUTION — (No 9,162) ACROSS:

1 Play-act, 7 Awards, 8 Surgeon, 9 Flew, 10 Ewan, 12 Privy to, 14 Steward, 16 Read, 18 Ecru, 20 Smother, 21 Pellet, 22 Steered. DOWN: 1 Possess, 2 Aorta, 3 Apes, 4 Tankard, 5 Hay fever, 6 Advent, 11 New build, 12 Priests, 13 Ordered, 15 Ticket, 17 Ether, 19 Tone. SOLUTION ON MONDAY