TWO SPEED CROSSWORD

QUICK Across

1. Financier (6)

4. Banquets (6)

9. Paraffin light (9,4)

10. Unbeliever (7)

11. Thespian (5)

12. Smithy (5)

14. Crack (5)

18. Edition (5)

19. Zodiac sign (7)

21. Impressively

attired (7,2,4)

22. Illness (6)

23. Small celestial body (6)

Down

1. Earnest request (6)

2. Great courage (6,2,5)

3. Decree (5)

5. Nonsense (7)

6. Gambling odds (8,5)

7. Excellent (6)

8. Game (5)

13. Estimated (7)

15. Crown (6)

16. Away from oneself (5)

17. Less warm (6)

20. Form of oxygen (5)

CRYPTIC Across

1. One you count on to keep your money? (6)

4. The safest arrangement for banquets (6)

9. It’s light, yet able to withstand severe blows (9,4)

10. He’s unlikely to give credit (7)

11. Work and play may be the same to him (5)

12. Copy wrongly (5)

14. Opening Swiss writing fluid? (5)

18. Offspring produced periodically (5)

19. Sign that has a sting in its tail (7)

21. Wearing a gun? (7,2,4)

22. A boy interrupts my complaint (6)

23. Eccentric space traveller (6)

Down

1. Bet he’s in command (6)

2. Do they ensure a man of iron is not easily frightened? (6,2,5)

3. A somewhat predictable order (5)

5. It clears one’s view - to bunkum? (7)

6. It’s fixed, of course, once they’re off (8,5)

7. Outstanding agent in vehicle coming back (6)

8. A striking similarity (5)

13. He was invited, we hear, and gave an estimate (7)

15. A topping decoration (6)

16. Apart from ideas (5)

17. It’s not so hot in this jug (6)

20. One ounce at first is bracing (5)