TWO-WAY TEASER

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Pungent bulb needed for a girl out cold (6) 4 Arrive before extremely dodgy amusing

film (6)

7 Some pricey grain (4)

8 Former partner with coins to swap (8) 9 Soothsayer making financial gain,

we hear (7)

12 Bad actor’s meat (3)

14 Unconventional tiler eating nothing

having to hang about (6)

15 Everyone encountered outside with

hammer (6)

16 Popular new pub (3)

18 Any thug out being bad (7)

22 Wading bird finding burning ring (8) 23 Emblem showing record and ring (4) 24 Head of school, unattractive, holding

nine, initially, comfortably (6)

25 One eaten by my dad, possibly, when

it’s noon (6)

DOWN

1 Biscuit for a bad girl, I fancy (9) 2 Party for school class (9)

3 100 on pile low in price (5) 4 Recurrent series of events involving

bike (5)

5 Flesh many consume (4) 6 Doctrine revealed by boxer, graduate? (5) 10 A cone, damaged, taken from sea (5)

11 Teacher initially reckless? Rubbish! (5) 12 Christmas decoration found with ash, eg in Los Angeles suburb (9)

13 Marriage of Tim and Mary on broadcast (9) 17 Synthetic fibre used by many Londoners (5) 19 Irritate woman head of year receiving ring (5) 20 Newly-wed stable-lad (5)

21 Self-satisfied head of school with drinking vessel (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Strong-smelling bulb (6) 4 Amusing drama (6) 7 Grain (4)

8 Swap (8)

9 Soothsayer (7)

12 Meat (3)

14 Hang about (6)

15 Hammer (6) 16 Pub (3)

18 Badly behaved (7) 22 Tall wading bird (8) 23 Emblem (4)

24 Cosily (6)

25 Noon (6)

DOWN

1 Currant biscuit (9) 2 Wedding party (9) 3 Inexpensive (5) 4 Recurrent round (5)

5 Beef, e.g. (4) 6 Doctrine (5)

10 Sea (5)

11 Rubbish (5) 12 American film industry

centre (9)

13 Marriage (9) 17 Synthetic material (5) 19 Irritate (5)

20 Bride’s partner (5) 21 Self-satisfied (4)