TWO WAY TEASER

TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Bobby’s coin (6) 4 Fat taken by the queen from

pantry (6) 7 Parched royal with help

outside (4) 8 Politician with clergyman (8) 9 Shepherd’s staff taken by

man, dishonest (7) 12 Leggy person concealing

pain (3) 14 One politician quiet about

one being mischievous (6) 15 European country supplying

oil, say (6) 16 The elder eating fish (3) 18 Suffering child taking in royal

men (7) 22 Miscellaneous odes star

rearranged (8) 23 Rug found by Eastern friend

(4) 24 Spoil tune by one politician

(6) 25 Incredibly evil heartless lady, energetic (6)

DOWN 1 Free case I misplaced in

period of truce (5-4) 2 Head’s rule of personal

conduct, say (9) 3 Male lover, more upset, with

ring (5) 4 Unusually clean horseman’s

weapon (5) 5 Hurry to get marsh plant (4) 6 Each single head of year

always appearing first (5) 10 Start rewriting notes (5) 11 Mournful song, dreadful,

about gang leader (5) 12 Brilliant man with Eastern

dog (5,4) 13 Awful creep sly about one?

Exactly (9) 17 Poems altered for horseracing town (5) 19 Fish-eater, warmer, missing

the beginning (5) 20 Seaman’s gong (5) 21 Ten volunteers getting a very

small amount (4) QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Metal (6) 4 Pantry (6) 7 Dry (4) 8 Clergyman (8) 9 Bent (7) 12 Pain (3) 14 Mischievous (6) 15 European country (6) 16 Snakelike fish (3) 18 Torture (7) 22 Miscellaneous (8) 23 Friend (4) 24 Damage (6) 25 Energetic (6)

DOWN 1 Truce (5-4) 2 Head (9) 3 Shakespearean lover (5) 4 Horseman’s weapon (5) 5 Hurry (4) 6 Each (5) 10 Start (5) 11 Mournful lament (5) 12 Large dog (5,4) 13 Exactly (9) 17 Surrey horse-racing town (5) 19 Aquatic mammal (5) 20 Award (5) 21 Jot (4)