TWO-WAY TEASER
Two sets of clues but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Hundred in group, a nonconformist group (4) 3 Acting so badly, he’s no firm believer (8) 9 Put under water some glimmer, seemingly (7) 10 Tiny opening of shopping precinct (5) 11 Amiable virtue in mode rated form (4-8) 13 Produce relief handing me over to manager (6) 15 Pop member of the royal family? (6) 17 Examination of surgeon’s crisscross pattern? (7,5) 20 Bucket carrier left by country bumpkin (5) 21 Bloodsucker whose life was at stake! (7) 22 Revelation made by photographer? (8) 23 Charge penny no longer for nourishment (4)
DOWN
1 Ailment that will cover the roof? (8) 2 Role of sorts for carved stone (5) 4 In rough games, learner shines (6) 5 Hospital deliveryman (12) 6 Badly trained in part exchange (5-2) 7 Ailment when you get to hundred at advanced age (4) 8 This Lib’s rise is unusual in this country (7,5) 12 Sailor having to decorate part of body (8) 14 Dispersal with rest finished (5-2) 16 Viewers have it for a duck (6) 18 Some deluded ones manage to escape (5) 19 Sounds like weary example of inflation (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Religious group (4) 3 Person of no fixed belief (8) 9 To cover in liquid (7) 10 Tiny (5) 11 Not easily irritated (4-8) 13 To stamp in relief (6) 15 Monarch’s child (6) 17 Doctor’s physical examination (7,5) 20 Country bumpkin (5) 21 Famous vampire (7) 22 Vulnerability to the elements (8) 23 Nourish (4)
DOWN
1 Painful skin complaint (8) 2 Kind of brooch (5) 4 Shines brightly (6) 5 Physician specialising in childbirth (12) 6 Part exchange (5-2) 7 A viral infection (4) 8 UK and islands (7,5) 12 Ship worker (8) 14 Termination of a relationship (5-2) 16 Male goose (6) 18 To escape (5) 19 Radial for instance (4)