YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION:

Across: 6 Defence; 7 Shade; 9 Petty; 10 Freedom; 12 Expenditure; 14 Acquiescent; 18 Declare; 19 Fault; 21 Stuff; 22 Collect.

Down: 1 Defer; 2 Vertex; 3 Act; 4 Threat; 5 Adjourn; 8 Predict; 11 Revelry; 13 Accepts; 15 Uplift; 16 Nearly; 17 Pluck; 20 Cow.