TWO-WAY TEASER

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Discussions about fee concerns (11)

7 Is not employed correctly, and is thought about (7)

9 Toast some pilchards (4)

11 A dandy who will get louder

(5)

12 Traps for various reasons,

nothing less (6)

14 I trust it: one can get

replacement for it (11)

18 Bible distributor showed how

I’d gone wrong (6)

20 Independent company with

which I dine out (5)

22 Alien gets sodium in volcano

(4)

23 Before he was George IV his style was seen in architecture (7)

24 If cold, Tyne may include the

North with assurance (11)

DOWN

2 Old boy found part of the act blue (7)

3 Soundly repented being so discourteous (4)

4 It is there tail-first, in the clear upper air (5)

5 A sect shows him as being different (5)

6 Century to corrode planet’s surface (5)

8 The act of dissolving an explanation (8)

10 Is furrowing one’s brow when

working with wool (8)

13 In short, it indicates the others

(3)

15 It may be first as a service book

(7)

16 Is eager to change and be in

harmony (5)

17 Such as emerald for her? (5)

19 Australian canine is doing

badly (5)

21 The air swirls around on day

that’s parched (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Discussion meetings (11) 7 Wrongly applied (7)

9 Reduce to charcoal (4)

11 Increase in volume (5)

12 Traps (6)

14 Compensation (11)

18 Biblical judge (6)

20 Low-budget film (inf) (5) 22 Sicilian volcano (4)

23 Period 1811-20 in English

history (7)

24 With self-assurance (11)

DOWN

2 Offensive (7)

3 Impolite (4)

4 Anaesthetic (5)

5 Of a strict US Mennonite

sect (5)

6 Outer part of a loaf (5)

8 Answer (8)

10 Working with wool (8) 13 And so on (abbr) (3)

15 Catholic service book (7) 16 Be in accord (5)

17 Precious stone (5)

19 Australian wild dog (5) 21 Dry (4)