YESTERDAY'S CRYPTIC

ACROSS: 1 Strapped, 5 Chop, 9 Whale, 10 Reissue, 11 Philatelists, 13 Pass up, 14 Editor, 17 Shake the head, 20 Laertes, 21 Gaffe, 22 Step, 23 Zeppelin.

DOWN: 1 Sows, 2 Reaches, 3 Poet laureate, 4 Errata, 6 Hosts, 7 Pleasure, 8 Filled the gap, 12 Epistles, 15 Tearful, 16 Chaste, 18 Anele, 19 Mean.