Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Cost. 3 Persists. 8 Lord. 9 Berberis. 11 Sets the scene. 13 Adhere. 14 Simple. 17 Consequences. 20 Informal. 21 Wing. 22 Foremost. 23 Less. Down: 1 Colossal. 2 Scratch. 4 Eleven. 5 Subscriber. 6 Siren. 7 Sash. 10 Starts from. 12 Messages. 15 Pack-ice. 16 Equals. 18 Offer. 19 Tiff.