QUICK CLUES

Across

6. Chest of drawers (7) 7. Beauty parlour (5) 9. Circus performer (5) 10. Descending (7) 12. Heretic (4,7) 14. Practical ability (6,5) 18. Up-to-date (7) 19. Judicial examination (5) 21. Dislike (5) 22. Close-fitting jacket (7)

Down

1. Exchange of shots (5) 2. Fan (6) 3. Weapon (3) 4. Serviette (6) 5. Cad (7) 8. Igniter (7) 11. Import (7) 13. Circular building (7) 15. Indistinct sound (6) 16. Copyist (6) 17. Painting stand (5) 20. Container (3)

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:

Across: 1 Square meal; 7 Exact; 8 Nonplus; 10 Hand down; 11 Swam; 13 Remote; 15 Poodle; 17 Inch; 18 Rock-salt; 21 Gabbing; 22 Axiom; 23 Repeatedly. Down: 1 Spain; 2 Up to date; 3 Renown; 4 Mint; 5 Allowed; 6 Red herring; 9 Summertime; 12 Dockyard; 14 Macabre; 16 Fought; 19 Amity; 20 Fine.