TWO-WAY TEASER
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 A meal coming? A change for him, who thinks so big (12)
8 Point out how to die in act of revision (8)
9 Have these cards just in case! (4)
11 Knotty youngster taken on in reversal (5)
12 Mum’s the word for getting employment in public collections (7)
13 How it got up to the ceiling fitting (4)
15 Carry zoo animal (4)
19 Around the North, calico is made brief (7)
20 Shake can up and take top off (5)
22 Does such a story come from the heights of imagination? (4)
23 In its original state it is in pert form (8)
24 Click with vernal member of the Coleoptera (6,6)
DOWN
2 Finished the deed with nitrogen perhaps (5)
3 Her heartless clay was formed in a roguish way (6)
4 One – not me – could be punctual (2,4)
5 Don’t omit it if clued in such a way (7)
6 Short acts perhaps rewritten with depth (4-8)
7 Eating late? You’ll need these (6,6)
10 Always seem keen inquiry (3)
14 As cruel and as unspiritual as can be (7)
16 Somebody indefinite, but singular (3)
17 It was a crab’s turn to be sacred in Egypt (6)
18 Issue a new order for a Brisbane guy, informally (6)
21 Coldness in church, not healthy (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 One self-deluded that they are great (12)
8 Point to (8)
9 Winning tennis serves (4)
11 Having knots (5)
12 Buildings for relics (7)
13 Got up (4)
15 Hairy carnivore (4)
19 Expressed in few words (7)
20 Remove a bottle cap (5)
22 Lofty (4)
23 Clean (8)
24 Type of Coleoptera insect (6,6)
DOWN
2 Concluded (5)
3 In a cunning, roguish manner (6)
4 Punctual (2,4)
5 Incorporate (7)
6 Broke (4-8)
7 Crockery items (6,6)
10 Request (3)
14 Civil, not ecclesiastical (7)
16 Single item (3)
17 Sacred beetle in old Egypt (6)
18 Perth person (inf) (6)
21 Cool down (5)