YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION:

ACROSS: 1 Start up, 5 Stair, 8 Pleat, 9 Ignored, 10 Edit, 11 Catholic, 13 Rattlesnake, 17 Entrench, 19 Hewn, 21 In limbo, 22 Romeo, 23 Wiper, 24 Like mad. DOWN: 1 Supper, 2 America, 3 Tate, 4 Private school, 5 Sunshine, 6 Aural, 7 Redact, 12 Streamer, 14 Keep mum, 15 Review, 16 Inroad, 18 Tulip, 20 Trek.