YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION:

ACROSS: 1 Travels, 5 Cower, 8 Posit, 9 Bailiff, 10 Fore, 11 Praise be, 13 Bank manager, 17 Vicinity, 19 Crew, 21 Nest egg, 22 All-in, 23 Sweep, 24 Refugee.

DOWN: 1 Tip-off, 2 Austria, 3 Eats, 4 Siberian tiger, 5 Critical, 6 Write, 7 Reflex, 12 Skin-deep, 14 Earplug, 15 Events, 16 Twinge, 18 Caste, 20 Half.