TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Jude, upset about a politician getting promoted as a parvenu (6-2)

5 To some ladies, an unpleasant creature (4)

8 Stitched up four ways (4)

9 Night on a very deep Scottish loch (8)

10 Serious listener at home (7)

12 Flashy, but coy about being a bit of a clown (5)

13 Master switch for the current (6)

15 Made us shake with laughter? (6)

17 Try a blend of teas after finishing breakfast (5)

18 one really good at telling jokes? (7)

22 You wouldn’t really give yours to obtain entitlement to a weapon! (5,3)

23 Powder used in dental clinics (4)

24 Item of apparel in the window (4)

25 Is it their practice to look down in the mouth? (8)

DOWN

1 old fools’ jeers about a saint (7)

2 one taking a short cut across the lawn? (5)

3 Failures out east, they take ranch holidays out west (5)

4 Harbour on the helmsman’s left (4)

6 Burdensome enough to make one sour (7)

7 In the course of duty, a letter gets slightly dirty (5)

11 Remove a slip? (5)

12 Dance with Uncle and some of the band (5)

14 Gives up, as singers may do (7)

16 Manages to obtain new credits (7)

17 Goes round providing entertainment (5)

19 Norma’s shy Italian (5)

20 His minced steak is sheer poetry! (5)

21 Pass for a worker (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sprang to one’s feet (6,2)

5 Frog-like creature (4)

8 Stitched (4)

9 Lack of light (8)

10 Sincere (7)

12 Eye-catching (5)

13 Flow (6)

15 Entertained (6)

17 Savour (5)

18 Firework (7)

22 An upper limb (5,3)

23 Toilet powder (4)

24 window frame (4)

25 Tooth surgeons (8)

DOWN

1 Jokers (7)

2 Grass cutter (5)

3 Dandies (5)

4 Haven (4)

6 Exacting (7)

7 Powdery (5)

11 Rub out (5)

12 Lively dance (5)

14 Gives up (7)

16 Guides (7)

17 Spins (5)

19 Latin (5)

20 English poet (5)

21 worker (4)