YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 7. Concatenation 8. Penultimate 12. Siphon 14. Taking

16. Strine 18. Ranked 19. Professions 23. Building-block

Down: 1. Hoop 2. Scan 3. Stolen 4. Insist 5. Stoa 6. Dove 9. Emperor 10. Thicken 11. Aged 12. So-so 13. Own 15. Ala 17. Emetic 18. Resign 19. Pout 20. Owls 21. Oily 22. Sock