YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION:

ACROSS: 1 Unclasp, 5 Resit, 8 Blurt, 9 Irksome, 10 Note, 11 Gauntlet, 13 Crawler lane, 17 Artifice, 19 Abet, 21 Tobacco, 22 Bulge, 23 Dread, 24 Liturgy.

DOWN: 1 Urbane, 2 Cluster, 3 Alto, 4 Private school, 5 Rekindle, 6 Spool, 7 Treaty, 12 Two-faced, 14 Nebular, 15 Salted, 16 Steely, 18 Table, 20 Abut.