TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Up on a hilltop, his tastes are lofty (8)

5 It’s turned during cooking (4)

8 The smart way to drink whisky? (4)

9 Does it make the perfect doctor? (8)

10 Ahead due to dishonest dealing? (7)

12 The snag about angling? (5)

13 You aren’t sure to have any (6)

15 Composer who gave a worker a bit of help? (6)

17 An early start for the aviator (5)

18 Tablets prepared in Paris, possibly (7)

22 Sealed – yet unconcealed, being in the nude, perhaps (8)

23 Henry Ford’s initial fifty per cent (4)

24 One occasion when it comes back to me (4)

25 He’ll give you a good talking-to (8)

DOWN

1 Dealt with the cards put on the table first (7)

2 Land the Afghan always possesses (5)

3 Turn from green to red, possibly (5)

4 Attritional effect of war out East (4)

6 Given a colourful coat (7)

7 At the front, they’re incisive (5)

11 Bury – a team familiar to soccer fans (5)

12 Eat noisily, like the best man (5)

14 All the same, it can be khaki (7)

16 Want what you can only get by a lengthy bit of effort? (4,3)

17 Weakness shown by the Football Association last month? (5)

19 Plant on the south border (5)

20 A stretch up the river? (5) 21 Be curt at cards? (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Aesthetic type (8)

5 Eject (4)

8 Tidy (4)

9 Regular usage (8)

10 In front (7)

12 Seize (5)

13 Suspicions (6)

15 George Frederick ---, composer (6)

17 Aviator (5)

18 Pain-killer (7)

22 Still sealed (8)

23 50 per cent (4)

24 Occasion (4)

25 Clergyman (8)

DOWN

1 Manipulated (7)

2 African republic (5)

3 Become mature (5)

4 Attire (4)

6 Daubed (7)

7 Dentition (5)

11 Bury (5)

12 Munch (5)

14 Service dress (7)

16 Desire strongly (4,3)

17 Error (5)

19 Grasslike plant (5)

20 Arrive at (5)

21 Card game (4)

ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER