combo

cryptic

ACROSS

1 Native American delivered first system of belief 4 Important one with ruler’s venomous crawler 7 Neat going with it moving to be helping to make treaty 9 Waterloo loses moisture in card game 10 Follow on when suede shoes dance a bit 12 Alternative deal half using speech 13 Go stealthily when left on front of ship 15 Be on high as using poisonous tree sap 17 Plastered with flowering plant 19 Take a punt in Tibetan river 21 Realises nut somehow counteracts ... 22 ... spiel Egyptian has with mournful poem 23 Run inside late in horror

DOWN

1 Result of trick with continuous line 2 Moves very slowly on borders 3 Vacillate in uncertain state 4 A triviality holding small container ... 5 ... before one in monastic order 6 Ruled rage is out of order when made to run smoothly 8 Tradesmen’s aids also left single 11 Elite group really annoyed 14 Cried loudly when soundly beaten 16 Improperly use insulting language 18 Sample some good judgment 20 Flat dish for the first fish

quickie

ACROSS

1 Code of conduct 4 A snake 7 Making treaty 9 Card game 10 Follow on 12 Spoken 13 Creep around 15 Type of tree sap 17 A plant 19 Gamble 21 Makes useless 22 Funeral song 23 Horror

DOWN

1 Result 2 Rims 3 Fluster 4 Small glass vessel 5 Previous 6 Made even 8 Implements 11 Overturn 14 Cried loudly 16 Revile 18 Sample 20 Salver