TWO-WAY TEASER

TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Mother seen before time of

injury (6)

4 Nonsense about hothead

with whip (6)

7 European with staff (4) 8 Hindered journalist going

after food basket (8)

9 Get rid of woman’s

character (7)

12 Antique hidden by soldier (3) 14 Upstart raced American

to identify planet (6)

15 All the concoction found

to be deadly (6)

16 Time taken in the race (3) 18 Person who establishes institution discovered by the queen (7)

22 Cooked rice came with

this frozen food (3,5)

23 Steal from elevator (4) 24 Agreement to supply a

perfume, say (6)

25 Guard fed when returning

before finish (6)

DOWN

1 Reader, put off, leaving (9) 2 A male dorm wrecked in

sensational play (9)

3 Set of moral values of

egghead with terrible itch (5) 4 Row about male with

clocklike device (5)

5 Sway with spool (4)

6 Creep with Nick (5)

10 Cram with belongings (5) 11 Adder somehow creating

great fear (5)

12 Sow it here, when ordered,

or else! (9)

13 Very pleased with lamp?

Indeed! (9)

17 Contests of speed giving

us terrible scare (5) 19 Finished thesis initially

open to view (5)

20 Called drunk and me (5) 21 Expert embracing hothead

with pain (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Harm (6)

4 Defeat thoroughly (6) 7 Rod (4)

8 Hindered (8)

9 Get rid of (7)

12 Aged (3)

14 Planet (6)

15 Deadly (6)

16 Age (3)

18 Person who establishes

an institution (7) 22 Sweet frozen food (3,5) 23 Raise (4)

24 Agreement (6)

25 Protect (6)

DOWN

1 Exit (9)

2 Sensational play (9)

3 Set of moral principles (5) 4 Clocklike device (5) 5 Spool (4)

6 Pinch (5)

10 Cram (5)

11 Great fear (5)

12 Or else (9)

13 Very pleased (9) 17 Contests of speed (5) 19 Unconcealed (5)

20 Called (5)

21 Dull pain (4)