TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Maybe cycles with mother

to church in part of Wales (8) 5 Called an artist no good (4) 8 “Hands up” time (4) 9 Plummy monarch? (8)

10 It’s a question of

whodunit (7)

12 Pumping centre (5)

13 Must include half a case of

sweet wine (6)

15 Porridge? It’s barred! (6) 17 One entering the scheme as

a guide (5)

18 A garment; the one with a

shirt tail (7)

22 Pack up and go away (5,3) 23 It gets drunk during Bastille

Day (4)

24 Walk various pets (4)

25 Fliers on gin create dawn

chorus (8)

DOWN

1 The least one can do for a

mother with a baby (7)

2 Cuts possibly licked (5)

3 It’s eternally

discouraging! (5)

4 Big bag of plunder (4)

6 In cars, they provide much

more than music! (3,4)

7 Joe, a six-footer, is a big

fellow (5)

11 No longer turn right (5)

12 If you want a bird, don’t put

her off! (5)

14 Save what Sarah mistakenly

gave (7)

16 No spare thousand dollars

or aught else! (7) 17 Foreigners from the ends of

the earth (5)

19 Draw information from

some new friends (5) 20 Catch a girl taking a ring (5) 21 It’s apt to go off and bob

around a lot (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Mechanical devices (8) 5 Resounded (4) 8 Midday (4)

9 Historic queen (8) 10 Enigma (7)

12 Vital organ (5)

13 Large grape (6)

15 Jail (6)

17 Airman (5) 18 Sleeveless vest (7) 22 Discontinue (5,3) 23 Italian wine town (4)

24 Pace (4) 25 Nature’s music (8)

DOWN

1 Smallest (7)

2 Hacks (5)

3 At no time (5)

4 Dismiss (4)

6 Car safety devices (3,4) 7 Monster (5)

11 Precise (5)

12 Waterside bird (5) 14 ‘Rescued’ goods (7) 16 Nil (7)

17 Masts or rods (5) 19 Deduce (5)

20 Noosed rope (5) 21 Explosive weapon (4)