YOU (South Africa)

TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 3 Light mail delivery is standard in street (8) 7 Trial almost contains four unimportan­t things (6) 8 Company holding on to certainty for musical piece (8) 9 Develop blend of tea and rum (6) 11 In general, a man who is a priest in Tibet (4) 12 Cruel conduct of Sam holding Sid back (6) 13 Animal sound around tree! (4) 17 A spy crookedly brings a profit (4) 21 What you’re allowed to have in air not polluted (6) 22 Model has to ask a question (4) 23 I am so upset with top coming off cheap floor covering (6) 24 She’s hardly amused to be in the picture (4,4) 25 On street go over and have a saunter (6) 26 Public relations in salesman’s computer info (8) DOWN 1 Pays for wickets out of the ground (6,2) 2 When a suit looks nothing once a year? (8) 3 Fancy fabric on shoe? (4) 4 Do many crack up after the weekend? (6) 5 This was sectionall­y built before, fabulous! (6) 6 A dog – that’s me preparing this puzzle (6) 10 Be quick or he’ll score lots of goals (4) 14 Trouble-maker given a riot tag for disorder (8) 15 Source of royal request for string trio (4,4) 16 You need a month to get round part of Eire (4) 18 Artist reflects grim passion (6) 19 Odds on wet weather being a wrench (6) 20 Northerner may be seen in Prince’s kimono? (6) 23 TV transmitte­r installed during Christmas time (4) QUICK CLUES ACROSS 3 Street light support (8) 7 Trifles, petty details (6) 8 Orchestral compositio­n (8) 9 Fully developed (6) 11 Tibetan priest (4) 12 Pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (6) 13 Coating on tree trunk (4) 17 Gives money (4) 21 Allotted portion of food (6) 22 Sit for portrait (4) 23 Picture made from small pieces (6) 24 Portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci (4,4) 25 Saunter (6) 26 Text from computer (8) DOWN 1 Break in cricket (6,2) 2 Anniversar­y of the day one was born (8) 3 Shoe tie (4) 4 Second day of the week (6) 5 Building made from standard parts (6) 6 Gundog (6) 10 Make haste (4) 14 Troublemak­er (8) 15 Old royal in a nursery rhyme (4,4) 16 Egg with oil and vinegar (4) 18 Feeling of strong eagerness (6) 19 Wrench a ligament (6) 20 Person from Greenland perhaps (6) 23 Sturdy upright pole (4)

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