TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Superb short man of the cloth (6) 4 Hothead by a river with fool in trouble (6) 7 Standard accepted by woman or man (4) 8 Annoy with awfully trite air (8) 9 Picture from one publication in East (7) 12 Popular new hotel (3) 14 Funny Cretan in a hypnotic state (6) 15 In street, telephone cord (6) 16 Line of people, say, wanting snooker rod (3) 18 Spiteful woman in new coat producing keyboard composition (7) 22 Unbending narrow channel, say (8) 23 Head of history in bad health finding elevation (4) 24 Motive for a boy to follow engineers (6) 25 Part of cooker used by wealthy person wanting to socialise (6)

DOWN

1 New caftan – it’s splendid (9) 2 Obstruction in a bird race, possibly (9) 3 Conservative left in the capital of Germany getting stick (5) 4 Principal male character initially nervous of wading bird (5) 5 Estimate cost (4) 6 Saint out in glossy fabric (5) 10 A second child’s bed from a Berkshire town (5) 11 Additional part of complex transcript (5) 12 One in moat – it’s possibly counterfeit (9) 13 Thing broken with cudgel in place of entertainment (9) 17 French article on match, free (5) 19 Musical instrument held by poor gangster (5) 20 Hear of concealed disadvantage (5) 21 Girl left with fool (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Cloth (6) 4 Hassle (6) 7 Standard (4) 8 Annoy (8) 9 Think (7) 12 Hotel (3) 14 Hypnotic state (6) 15 Twine (6) 16 Billiards rod (3) 18 Rapid keyboard composition (7) 22 Not curly (8) 23 High mass of land (4) 24 Motive (6) 25 Socialise (6)

DOWN

1 Excellent (9) 2 Block (9) 3 Adhere (5) 4 Wading bird (5) 5 Speed (4) 6 Glossy fabric (5) 10 Berkshire horse-racing town (5) 11 Additional (5) 12 Mimicry (9) 13 Place of entertainment (9) 17 Unfasten (5) 19 Keyboard instrument (5) 20 Capture (5) 21 Girl (4)