TWO-WAY TEASER

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 For vehicle, favourite floor-covering (6) 4 For woman in the morning, one

highly-seasoned sausage (6)

7 Nothing revealed about a metal spike (4)

8 Prosperous old lot we confused (4-2-2) 9 Piece of jewellery listener found next to

telephone (7)

12 Feeble when it’s rainy (3)

14 Nobleman in New York? Not quite (6) 15 Fuel – lot rep misused (6)

16 Money, we hear, for female rabbit (3)

18 Swift feline for swindler, say (7) 22 Juvenile getting most of cold food (8) 23 Dog with bachelor needing restraint (4) 24 Cup for port, possibly – extremely

heavy (6)

25 Stick together with Commanding Officer in this place (6)

DOWN

1 Worried when involved (9)

2 I retreat unexpectedly before end of

the repeat (9)

3 Draw the queen’s tall structure (5) 4 Hairdressing establishment needing

loans, possibly (5)

5 50 consumed after the due time (4)

6 Biting insect getting small person,

almost (5) 10 Keepsake engineers left with one

Conservative (5)

11 Unusual egret getting welcome (5) 12 He saw our strange Eastern depot (9) 13 A lot rebel changed to be bearable (9) 17 Different part of hydrotherapy (5)

19 It’s shabby and dangerous (5)

20 Moral principle of head of English with

terrible itch (5)

21 Hit upsetting friends (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Floor-covering (6) 4 Highly-seasoned sausage (6) 7 Metal spike (4)

8 Prosperous (4-2-2) 9 Jewellery item (7)

12 Soaked (3)

14 Almost (6)

15 Fuel (6)

16 Female deer (3)

18 Swift-running feline (7) 22 Immature (8)

23 Restraint (4)

24 Cup awarded as prize (6) 25 Stick together (6)

DOWN

1 Worried (9)

2 Repeat (9)

3 Tall structure (5) 4 Hairdressing

establishment (5) 5 Tardy (4)

6 Gnatlike insect (5) 10 Memento (5)

11 Welcome (5) 12 Building for storing goods (9) 13 Endurable (9) 17 Different (5) 19 Hirsute (5)

20 Set of moral values (5) 21 Smack (4)

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same ANSWERS TOMORROW