YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION:

ACROSS: 1 Smash hit, 6 Cope, 8 Armada, 9 Tenure, 10 Dictator, 13 Coup, 14 Oppressor, 17 Once, 18 Galoshes, 19 Sierra, 21 Eyelid, 23 Bent, 24 Catapult. DOWN: 2 Morbid, 3 Spa, 4 Hearth-rug, 5 Tit, 6 Conscious, 7 Porous, 11 Top secret, 12 Resilient, 15 Unwise, 16 Redial, 20 Arc, 22 ESP.

Divide the grid into blocks that are either square or rectangular. Each block must frame a single number, and each block must contain the same amount of cells as the number it frames.