TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Tree father found beside the French river (6)

4 Boys in blue finding parasites beside post office (6)

7 Actor’s role for episode (4)

8 Boy with newspapers following girl initially in best clothes (4,4)

9 Title of principal in the capital of Germany (7)

12 Vase found in Bournemouth (3)

14 Shortened Oriental festival (6)

15 Relative finding EP when out (6)

16 Spoil graduate royal (3)

18 Farm vehicle and cart going back to river (7)

22 Vegetable giving brother awful colic (8)

23 Conceal animal skin (4)

24 Confectionery taken from second small backstreet (6)

25 Robber prohibited it, we hear (6)

DOWN

1 Fanciful hope of eccentric I pampered (4,5)

2 Person who buys super arch, possibly (9)

3 Equipment I’d found to be stiff (5)

4 Unattractive prairie (5)

5 Bird left on Noah’s vessel (4)

6 Upright US soldier in vehicle with cheroot (5)

10 Turn away commercial not including Democrat (5)

11 Large part of fireplace, say (5)

12 Ruder Hun I upset, not rushed (9)

13 We sent for broadcast of this region of woodland (3,6)

17 A royal seen before argument involving pointer (5)

19 Ways, say, to find family origins (5)

20 Cold member getting rise (5)

21 Account about area of land (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Tree (6)

4 Constabulary (6)

7 Portion (4)

8 Best clothes (4,4)

9 Title (7)

12 Vase (3)

14 Christian festival (6)

15 Sibling’s son (6)

16 Spoil (3)

18 Farm vehicle (7)

22 Vegetable (8)

23 Conceal (4)

24 Confectionery (6)

25 Gangster (6)

DOWN

1 Fanciful hope (4,5)

2 Buyer (9)

3 Inflexible (5)

4 Clear (5)

5 Songbird (4)

6 Cylinder for smoking (5)

10 Turn aside (5)

11 Large (5)

12 Leisurely (9)

13 Hampshire woodland region (3,6)

17 Pointed weapon (5)

19 Parts of plant (5)

20 Ascend (5)

21 Unit of area (4)

ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER