TWO WAY TEASER

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 7 Remorseful prisoner

gets banal (8)

8 Day for fruit (4) 9 Fellow takes church

viewpoint (6) 10 Avaricious German

gets thin (6)

11 Note on strange

instrument (4) 12 Spanish entertainer rushed on wrong road (8)

14 The usual type of

flag (8)

18 Catch the wrong

part (4)

20 Informant at the

bank (6) 22 Ran back with argument that was limited (6)

23 Eager sort of diva (4) 24 Foreign bridge suffered raid (8)

DOWN 1 Caretaker’s beer (6) 2 Amaze tenor and

fellow performer (8) 3 Lead straight (6) 4 Cleric on the edge to

the right (6)

5 Lied about being

lazy (4)

6 Move Sid out of his

flat (6)

13 A drug made of alien

rock (8)

15 Number get sentimental about student victory (6) 16 Stop and apprehend

(6)

17 Prohibition puts deal

in trouble (6)

19 A group of directors

on the vessel (6) 21 Cover old pool (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

7 Sorry, full of regret (8) 8 Appointment (4) 9 Attitude, position (6) 10 Gluttonous (6) 11 Percussion

instrument (4) 12 Bullfighter (8) 14 Normal (8)

18 Snare (4)

20 Cashier (6) 22 Restricted (6) 23 Keen, fanatical (4) 24 European (8)

DOWN 1 Doorman (6)

2 Action actor (8) 3 Straightforward (6) 4 Church official (6) 5 Unoccupied (4) 6 Artist’s room (6) 13 Celestial body (8) 15 Dozen (6)

16 Take into custody (6) 17 Refusal (6)

19 On a ship (6) 21 Swimming pool (4)