TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Show up a very quiet

listener (6)

4 Father behind time showing

taste (6)

7 Conservative’s attempt to

grab ring (4)

8 Bury woman’s break (8) 9 Somewhat old church official

left with youth leader (7) 12 Taxi, cold, used by a

bachelor (3)

14 A rotor disturbed public

speaker (6)

15 Woman with nothing on

in car? (6)

16 Sister getting no portion,

we hear (3)

18 Cults in broadcast supplying

syrupy medicine (7)

22 Mother about to meet man

– one with pasta (8)

23 Quick to abstain from food (4) 24 Material used by head of year,

dull and conventional (6) 25 Beat mixture for pancakes (6)

DOWN

1 Time of day when Nora

often changes (9) 2 Corrupt Pole in car in

China (9)

3 Bring up beams, say (5) 4 Favourite man with part

of flower (5)

5 Rule out bait (4)

6 It upset a royal with a

jewelled headdress (5) 10 Amusing Democrat on

official list (5)

11 Head of year with a set

out to get raising agent (5) 12 Angry worker eating one

French roll (9)

13 Bar more peaceful without

one person having feast (9) 17 French article on a part

that’s not suitable (5) 19 Man and first of youths

finding tusk substance (5) 20 Cold member wanting to

go up (5)

21 Part of leg of young cow (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Seem (6)

4 Roof of mouth (6) 7 Conservative (4)

8 Pause (8)

9 Quite old (7)

12 Taxi (3)

14 Public speaker (6)

15 Type of car (6)

16 Woman in religious order (3) 18 Syrup medicine (7)

22 Variety of pasta (8)

23 Rapid (4)

24 Unventilated (6)

25 Beat (6)

DOWN

1 Period of day (9)

2 Ceramic material (9)

3 Lift (5)

4 Part of flower (5)

5 Entice (4)

6 Jewelled headdress (5) 10 Comical (5)

11 Raising agent (5)

12 French roll (9)

13 Person eating lavish meal (9) 17 Not suitable (5)

19 Elephant tusk substance (5) 20 Ascend (5)

21 Young bovine mammal (4)