YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION:

ACROSS: 1 Clearway, 6 Cops, 8 Mussel, 9 Minion, 10 Tempting, 13 Apes, 14 Pragmatic, 17 Deny, 18 Yearning, 19 Kimono, 21 Threat, 23 Fair, 24 Foretell. DOWN: 2 Laurel, 3 Ass, 4 Willingly, 5 Yam, 6 Contagion, 7 Proven, 11 Party-goer, 12 Guarantor, 15 Retina, 16 Entail, 20 Off, 22 Rat.