TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 One who demonstrates

in the bathroom? (6)

4 Suit to change into? (6)

7 I love getting a thank-you

letter (4)

8 Refusing to handle polish (8) 9 Musician making a racket (7) 12 He’s changed sex (3)

14 To extract information is

illegal, we hear (6) 15 Frenchman in our power (6) 16 Girl to take to court (3) 18 Beat a doctor in the

final (7)

22 A city set within a river (8) 23 House in the Home Counties

by the motorway (4) 24 Having failed to win is

punished (6)

25 Jack Brown is popular

in Scotland (6)

DOWN

1 Calm the good man with

a complaint (9)

2 Improperly dressed on

parade? (3,2,4)

3 Free a sailor put inside

when violent (5)

4 The mark of a beast marks

the trail (5)

5 Sweet thing provided it’s

not soapy (4)

6 May, for instance, be four

weeks or more (5)

10 A bit of exercise? (5) 11 Dance, drink and get a bad

head (5)

12 Two different courses or

one sugary one (9) 13 Ennoblement for the

architect? (9)

17 Excessive, but not yet

to be paid (5)

19 Foreign article contains

inaccuracy (5)

20 A sheepish expression? (5) 21 A residence with no

outstanding features (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Spray (6)

4 Grow into (6)

7 Whit (4)

8 Boot polish (8)

9 Violinist (7)

12 Female pronoun (3) 14 Evoke (6)

15 Unit of electrical current (6) 16 Prosecute (3)

18 Thrash (7)

22 Australian city (8) 23 Suburban house (4) 24 Defeated (6)

25 Plaid (6)

DOWN

1 Quiet (9)

2 Not straight (3,2,4) 3 Violent (5)

4 Burn brilliantly (5) 5 Gateau (4)

6 Twelfth of year (5) 10 Physical exercise (5) 11 Cuban dance (5) 12 Piece of

confectionery (9) 13 Height (9) 17 Excessive (5) 19 Foreign (5) 20 Sheep’s cry (5) 21 Level (4)