TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Hearsay, strange,

associated with us (6)

4 It’s by bachelor seen with

Eastern team (6)

7 Herb for a large amount

of money (4)

8 Countryman finding

prominent object (8)

9 Bag Celt has changed (7) 12 Snake, small, in the middle

of a page (3)

14 Dull listener in arid

surroundings (6)

15 Hazard making Democrat

rage (6)

16 Man with fish (3) 18 Disturbing rest, new

cowboy film (7)

22 Notice in broadcast

showing tobacco poison (8) 23 Dreadful ride, possibly (4) 24 Mild man with the

French (6)

25 Absentee, mostly correct,

seen with worker (6)

DOWN

1 Part left over for chief in

red with the queen (9) 2 Confusing men, a story involving monks’ residence (9)

3 Souvenir is taken from

here licitly (5)

4 Begin wild spree (5)

5 An unspecified amount

for tot, say (4)

6 Dashes from indoor

game (5)

10 Most of the argument

involving fling (5) 11 Abandon holiday (5) 12 A royal man in a South

American country (9) 13 New parent with men,

not temporary (9)

17 A bed I somehow

tolerate (5)

19 Former partner on island with the French expatriate (5)

20 Sound of bird, small,

held by teetotaller (5) 21 Pole’s job (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Hearsay (6)

4 Next to (6)

7 Place where money is

coined (4) 8 Prominent object (8) 9 Bag (7)

12 Snake (3)

14 Dull (6)

15 Peril (6)

16 Beam (3)

18 Cowboy film (7) 22 Tobacco poison (8) 23 Dreadful (4)

24 Mild (6)

25 Absentee (6)

DOWN

1 Part left over (9)

2 Monks’ residence (9) 3 Memento (5)

4 Spree (5)

5 An unspecified amount (4) 6 Indoor game (5)

10 Hurl (5)

11 Depart (5)

12 South American country (9) 13 Not temporary (9) 17 Tolerate (5)

19 Expulsion (5)

20 Chirp (5)

21 Mail (4)

ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER