Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Fast. 3 Appetite. 9 Silence. 10 After. 11 Intransigent. 13 Accede. 15 Arrest. 17 Substantiate. 20 Value. 21 Mooring. 22 Latitude. 23 Mesh.

Down: 1 Festival. 2 Split. 4 Please. 5 Exaggeration. 6 Intense. 7 Earn. 8 Incandescent. 12 Strength. 14 Couplet. 16 Calmed. 18 Abide. 19 Evil.