TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

7 Learned about taking

volume of scent (8) 8 Groped around for a

fastening (4)

9 Hit with a flour and egg

mixture (6)

10 Rubbish about brides (6) 11 Incline to be lacking in

fat (4)

12 Horse manoeuvres to

give apparel time (8)

14 Ted worried about souvenir

being abandoned (8)

18 Cain upset former

empire (4)

20 Trip is ruined by a ghost (6) 22 Charm of a quiet chime (6) 23 Ring round for a smile (4) 24 One Marco was forced to

land (8)

DOWN

1 Some wine for artist in

bistro (6)

2 Words for prison term (8) 3 Loved to bother

socialist (6)

4 Connection to a game (6) 5 Seafood right inside taxi (4) 6 Time to jump (6)

13 Indoor shoe, variable and

greasy (8)

15 Points out terribly prim

kingdom (6)

16 Uninjured during

diplomacy (6)

17 Throw rum at a

bombshell (6) 19 Roy can arrange

something to write with (6) 21 Hire in Brentwood (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 7 Perennial shrub (8) 8 Cord (4)

9 Strike continuously (6) 10 Wreckage (6)

11 Thin, meagre (4) 12 Equestrian event (8) 14 Run-down (8) 18 Ancient Peruvian (4) 20 Liveliness, courage (6) 22 Entreat (6)

23 Happy expression (4) 24 African country (8)

DOWN

1 Wine bottle (6) 2 Collection of words (8) 3 Cherished (6)

4 Span (6)

5 Crustacean (4) 6 Season (6)

13 Crafty, wily (8) 15 Realm (6) 16 Undamaged, whole (6) 17 Nervous shock (6) 19 Wax pencil (6)

21 Tear (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS:

1 String, 4 Canary, 7 Mope, 8 Under way, 9 Implore, 12 Rye, 14 Meadow, 15 Pallid, 16 Sad, 18 Frantic, 22 Coleslaw, 23 Pain, 24 Hectic, 25 Rattle. DOWN: 1 Sometimes, 2 Reprimand, 3 Gruel, 4 Cider, 5 Norm, 6 Ready, 10 Proof, 11 Exact, 12 Reluctant, 13 Endurance, 17 Alone, 19 Relic, 20 Newer, 21 Pest.