TWO-WAY TEASER
Two sets of clues but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Our Emir is to become deserving of praise (11) 8 The silly duck (5)
9 Young woman of the 1920s created panic for each (7)
10 Incredibly nice, he’s from the
Far East (7)
11 Satirical humour is a bit
unfair on you (5)
12 Lament composed in the
mind (6)
14 Tell on one for returning collection boxes to the church (6)
18 It is the devil of a two-pip
card (5)
19 Some – not many – leavers
dispersing (7)
21 The North might accede to
rise and fall of the voice (7)
23 Play from the tee for a spin (5) 24 Lets one down, a pint: do sips
amount to this? (11)
DOWN
1 A small amount of cod I keep
quiet about (7)
2 A thug could have fun with
the fair (7)
3 It is the hour, one is told, for the plant to be flavoursome (5)
4 It supports the roof, right, at a
later time (6)
5 Speech showing proportion
on being outside (7)
6 Take some liquid that starts
seeping in, perhaps (3)
7 Fruit that grows among the
September rye (5)
13 Save run being made from the entrance to the under world (7)
15 The twisting in roots can be
sorted out (7)
16 Explosive record with
Queen’s supporters (7)
17 Pelleas may have lost first love being lost to the world (6)
18 Furnishing effect may be, for
the record, right away (5)
20 Telerecording will do: I’ve
edited it (5)
22 A stumer could turn up just
the same (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Deserving of honour (11) 8 Looney Tunes duck (5) 9 Fashionable 1920s woman (7)
10 Mandarin or Cantonese (7) 11 Subtle sarcasm (5)
12 Of the mind (6)
14 Be a tell-tale (inf) (6)
18 Tennis score (5)
19 Some (7)
21 Rise and fall of the voice (7) 23 Get-up-and-go (5)
24 Not coming up to
expectations (11)
DOWN
1 Small amount (7)
2 Hoodlum (7)
3 Aromatic herb (5)
4 Beam supporting roof (6)
5 Formal speech (7)
6 Drink in small quantities (3) 7 A small fruit (5)
13 Entrance to Hades (myth) (7) 15 Twisting force (7)
16 Assistants (7)
17 Dozing (6)
18 Interior design (5)
20 TV recording (5)
22 Faulty (inf) (3)