DoubleTake

Tackle either set of these clues – you can even mix and match them, because the solutions are the same for both sets

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1. Private ram sign for personal assistants (11) 7. Cheers for brown bread (5) 8. Defeat slick characters without their leader (4) 9. Refusal to work in protest at tenpin score (6) 12. Dirty sword did get a mention (6) 13. The extremities of displeasure are dreadful! (4) 15. Tacit arrangement for loft (5) 16. The stern son stirred up home for wasps (6’1,4)

DOWN

1. Clergyman’s vestment said to be too much (7) 2. Devours most treats (4) 3. Move statue? Clever (6) 4. Put a slant on piece of writing (9) 5. Be seated and pose for artist (3) 6. House painter is a speaker after December (9) 10. Graceful Glen ate out (7) 11. Cleric revolution (6) 14. Hidden microphones that stop programs running smoothly (4) 15. Fire remains as he begins (3)

STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS

1. Correspondence clerks (11) 7. Drink the health of (5) 8. Touch with tongue (4) 9. Light (match) (6) 12. Sleazy (6) 13. Rock band, ... Straits (4) 15. Room within roof (5) 16. Potentially explosive situation (6’1,4)

DOWN

1. Leftover (7) 2. Is humiliated, ... humble pie (4) 3. Perceptive (6) 4. Print with sloping letters (9) 5. Command to dog (3) 6. Interior designer (9) 10. Stylish (clothes) (7) 11. Polar region, Arctic … (6) 14. Creepy-crawlies (4) 15. Fair-haired lady, ... blonde (3)