TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

This two-speed crossword has two sets of clues, but just one grid. If you can’t solve the Cryptic clues, try the Quick.

Cryptic Across

1. Fortieth girl (4)

3. Intimations sent to a professor in confusion (8)

9. One who serves his time (7)

10. Lightweight creature (5)

11. The setting for a bolt from the blue! (12)

13. Standard displayed by an early French invader (6)

15. Tradesman who will give you a hand (6)

17. Where horse-trading takes place? (5,7)

20. Make a surgical incision clean! (5)

21. Mean to balance one extreme with another (7)

22. What the defendant advances with certain satisfaction (8)

23. Let it stay fixed round the tee (4)

Down

1. Making another quotation for giving a poetic performance (8)

2. African veto as well, by the sound of it (5)

4. Complete extract from the Testament I read (6)

5. Valiant but suffering from fatty cardiac condition? (5-7)

6. It’s not unusual to be an army commander (7)

7. Make a hash of the fishpond (4)

8. Flying observers! (12)

12. Growing to be full during the month (8)

14. Re-unite the following for a change (7)

16. I’m coming with two more to have a damaging effect (6)

18. No longer a stage turn, to be precise (5)

19. Mates coming back to strike (4)

Quick Across

1. Gemstone (4)

3. Communications (8)

9. Prisoner (7)

10. Weight unit (5)

11. Weather feature (12)

13. Man’s name (6)

15. Trader (6)

17. Securities exchanges (5,7)

20. Weapon (5)

21. Normal (7)

22. Enjoyment (8)

23. Printing mark (4)

Down

1. Repeating (8)

2. African language group (5)

4. Whole (6)

5. Brave (5-7)

6. Common (7)

7. Simmer (4)

8. Ornithologists (12)

12. Moon’s quarter (8)

14. Cortege (7)

16. Reduce (6)

18. Precise (5)

19. Smack (4)