TWO-WAY TEASER

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

ACROSS

1 Making din, cad upset

Frank (6)

4 Oily messy rag? Yes (6) 7 Amphibian went astray (4) 8 Notorious trendy female with

a tailless rodent (8)

9 Quiet worker with the

women’s large feline (7)

12 Fish eaten by the elder (3) 14 One male with wine brought in

from a foreign country? (6) 15 Shriek causing great

amusement? (6)

16 Sailor getting thanks, we

hear (3)

18 Greeting woman, say, using

clean practices (7)

22 Cold caller I upset in office (8) 23 Land mass is seen by the

French (4)

24 Cruel ruler unusually ratty

about noise, initially (6) 25 Sibling after the dissertation (6)

DOWN

1 Cheat with text of film, a

compulsory recruit (9)

2 Odd peer pawns

publication (9)

3 Doctor with one foot getting

meaning (5)

4 Short boss’s blunder (5)

5 Half of them seen with my TV

award (4)

6 Relish showing impudence (5) 10 Point of thorn, perhaps (5) 11 He followed dog up with

frill (5)

12 Mid-morning refreshment for

number with points (9) 13 With Tess ill, I’m surprisingly

unrestricted (9)

17 Friend pocketing ring made

from mixture of metals (5) 19 Youths initially chat freely

using this vessel (5)

20 Small bay and popular lake

seen on film (5)

21 Some variable opera song (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Frank (6)

4 Oily (6)

7 Small amphibian (4)

8 Notorious (8)

9 Leopard (7) 12 Snakelike fish (3) 14 Bring in from a foreign

country (6)

15 Shriek (6)

16 Sailor (3)

18 Sanitary principles (7) 22 Secretarial (8)

23 Small land mass (4) 24 Oppressive ruler (6) 25 Dissertation (6)

DOWN 1 Compulsory recruit (9) 2 Tabloid (9)

3 Tendency (5)

4 Blunder (5)

5 TV award (4)

6 Ketchup, e.g. (5)

10 Compass point (5)

11 Frill (5)

12 Mid-morning refreshment (9) 13 Unbounded (9)

17 Mixture of metals (5)

19 Light sailing vessel (5) 20 Small bay (5)

21 Opera song (4)