TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Emit a cry of pain, being

immature (6)

4 Mother meets woman with an

ailment (6)

7 Arrest a man (4)

8 Two drinks needed before my

game (3,5)

9 Terribly rude man is without

weapons (7)

12 Note the old colour (3)

14 Land on fire (6)

15 Prepare us some dessert (6) 16 Reg greedily hides food (3) 18 Mature eccentric loved EP (7) 22 Think about reasons against

organised ride (8)

23 Weakling not wanted in the

garden? (4)

24 A French fine is unjust (6) 25 The man with beer made by

an Israelite (6)

DOWN

1 Applicant making a din acted

badly (9)

2 Dressing down at

university? (9)

3 Risk joker and queen (5) 4 Fellow’s going over Eastern

minister’s house (5)

5 Learner dated a yob (4)

6 Ditch an unknown, being

short and stout (5) 10 Commercial about Greek character and pest in the garden (5)

11 Comic left nobleman upset (5) 12 Vanish with paper said to be

different (9)

13 Look at inseparable companion using a cosmetic (3-6)

17 Grumble when an older

relative steals ring (5) 19 Church official identifies a

shrub (5)

20 World shortage, but not at

first (5)

21 Like one going over a large

area of land (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Inexperienced (6) 4 Illness (6)

7 Notch (4)

8 Card-game (3,5) 9 Without weapons (7) 12 Tint (3)

14 Disembark (6) 15 Creamy dessert (6) 16 Urge (3)

18 Evolve (7) 22 Contemplate (8) 23 Unwanted plant (4) 24 Unjust (6)

25 Israelite (6)