WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION (NO 9,280)

– ACROSS: 1 Crater. 4 Titan. 7 Oxygen mask. 8 Rapt. 9 Humid. 11 Two-step. 13 Sojourn. 15 Sweat. 17 Gnat. 18 Oven gloves. 20 Debar. 21 Scenic. DOWN: 1 Carrot. 2 Text. 3 Regales. 4 Tenth. 5 Tea. 6 Naked. 7 Oppose. 10 Mourns. 12 Pompous. 14 Nitric. 15 Scold. 16 Tiger. 17 Gene. 19 Ebb.