Yesterday’s solutions: Across:

1 Recoil. 5 Amends. 8 Oiled. 9 Manual. 10 Oyster. 11 Lower. 14 Apple-pie. 16 Sparse. 18 Put in possession. 20 Fellow. 22 Indicate. 25 Ramon. 27 Scream. 28 George. 29 Lance. 30 Apathy. 31 Rodent.

Down: 1 Ramona. 2 Cane. 3 Lollipop. 4 Flawless diamond. 5 Adorns. 6 Note. 7 Strike. 12 Plainly. 13 Ransack. 15 Prune. 17 Shoot. 19 Endanger. 20 Fiesta. 21 Warmly. 23 Extent. 24 Area. 26 Free.