YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across: 3 Put on side; 8 Omit; 9 Battle cry; 10 Mantis; 11 Copes; 14 Loser; 15 Down; 16 Stays; 18 Sees; 20 Tango; 21 Stand; 24 Puffin; 25 Worked out; 26 Sere; 27 Spiderweb.

Down: 1 Formalist; 2 Lionesses; 4 Upas; 5 Outdo; 6 Seeded; 7 Dire; 9 Biers; 11 Claud; 12 Soon after; 13 Unfounded; 17 Stout; 19 Staked; 22 Nadir; 23 Poop; 24 Puce.