Last week’s solutions:

CRYPTIC – Across: 4 Diverse; 8 Eyelet; 9 Offhand; 10 Energy; 11 Ill-use; 12 Severing; 18 Put under; 20 Fencer; 21 Ascent; 22 Reserve; 23 Boasts; 24 Attends. Down: 1 Reverse; 2 Deserve; 3 Beggar; 5 In flight; 6 Exhale; 7 Sanest; 13 Improved; 14 Adverse; 15 Protest; 16 Desert; 17 Scheme; 19 Upshot. QUICK – Across: 4 Capable; 8 Redeem; 9 Profane; 10 Virago; 11 Craven; 12 Disorder; 18 Powerful; 20 Career; 21 Stolen; 22 Achieve; 23 Precis; 24 Perfidy. Down: 1 Provide; 2 Address; 3 Beggar; 5 Airscrew; 6 Affray; 7 Linger; 13 Depraved; 14 Afflict; 15 Illness; 16 Gauche; 17 Relief; 19 Extort.