TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Crockery that goes with the skeleton in the cupboard? (4,5) 8 Drink beer outside UN to dawn (5) 9 It’s ruined by cloth patchily coloured (7) 11 Girl has our bravery (6) 12 He recommends divers at sea to follow one (7) 13 Can vehicle be carrying one thousand? (4) 14 Prepare field for a pig (3) 17 Pouch carried by kangaroos, actually (3) 18 Putting nothing in, he’d taken weeds out (4) 21 It’s much liked turning up in polar surroundings (7) 23 Off course like shallow carrier (6) 24 Retaliation, for example never rebounds (7) 25 Task is hard to get into middle (5) 26 Go on strike in old town so dilapidated (4,5)

DOWN

2 Around the East, gold somehow is viewed longingly (5) 3 Necessitate lean being cooked with it (6) 4 Climber should have four above last in party (3) 5 It’s a CIA arrangement with an Eastern native (7) 6 People’s earnings incorporated some wrongly (7) 7 Transport to soccer or cricket, maybe? (6,3) 10 Tilt in part of shoe (4) 12 You’re confident you can show it (9) 15 Now that can be made into a piece of furniture! (7) 16 In action cricketer will be talked about (7) 19 Went on horseback – and where, we are told (4) 20 An American DJ (6) 22 Cake from a divine messenger (5) 24 Line in a racket (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Porcelain (4,5) 8 Daybreak (5) 9 Covered in irregular spots (7) 11 Heroic courage (6) 12 Counsellor (7) 13 Pedal cycle (4) 14 Scatter seeds (3) 17 An enclosed space (3) 18 Tilled soil (4) 21 Liked by many (7) 23 Off the right path (6) 24 Vengeance (7) 25 Small domestic task (5) 26 Stop work (4,5)

DOWN

2 Looked at with amorous intentions (5) 3 Bring about by necessity (6) 4 Climbing plant (3) 5 Of the largest continent (7) 6 Financial gains (7) 7 Fast auto (6,3) 10 Back part of a shoe (4) 12 A promise of support (9) 15 Small display cupboard (7) 16 Argued with one another (7) 19 Propelled a bicycle (4) 20 US name for dinner jacket (6) 22 Cherub for example (5) 24 A fall out (3)