Yesterday’s solutions: Across:

1 Castigates. 6 Strain. 7 Thaws. 9 Septet. 10 Pie. 11 Dies. 14 Sect. 15 Eat. 16 Chafes. 17 Since. 18 Throbs. 20 Celebrated. Down: 1 Cut. 2 Scares. 3 Innate. 4 Astute. 5 Examples. 6 Soldiers. 8 Sweaters. 9 Sentence. 12 Scheme. 13 Latter. 14 Secret. 19 Bud.