QUICK CROSSWORD

Across 1. Become indistinct (4) 3. Weapons (8) 9. Soundly defeat (7) 10. Art stand (5) 11. Unexcitable (4-8) 14. Consume (3) 16. Data (5) 17. Sailor (3) 18. Pay (4,2,3,3) 21. Legal defence (5) 22. Feathers (7) 23. Demote (8) 24. Pleads (4)

Down 1. Chained (8) 2. Male bee (5) 4. Frost (3) 5. Last possible moment (8,4) 6. Esteem (7) 7. Pout (4) 8. Swiftly (2,1,9) 12. Finish off (3,2) 13. Troubles (8) 15. Inconsequential (7) 19. Barely detectable amount (5) 20. Reasonable (4) 22. Place (3)