TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Bachelor with everyone

returning to vote (6)

4 Small domestic animal with

unfinished article (6)

7 Sullen gang leader left with

hesitation (4)

8 Unusually green lad having

grown bigger (8)

9 Ugly head of organisation in

mask with us (7)

12 Unusual ring found by

Democrats (3)

14 Rubble upsetting brides (6) 15 Overweight, the woman’s

dad (6)

16 Unfinished composition for

two expected to arrive (3) 18 The earl’s unusual animal

skin material (7)

22 Special event involving company backing Inca so unexpectedly (8) 23 Floor-covering taken from

school in Oxford (4)

24 Small woman about to

be critical (6)

25 Royal appearing before

organised relay infrequently (6)

DOWN

1 Great chief journalist,

conceited (3-6)

2 Ridiculous expression of disgust included by the French expert (9)

3 He met confused subject (5) 4 For Paul, I cooked rice dish (5) 5 Opportunity for revolution (4) 6 River initially terrifying

weakling (5)

10 Doctor, unwell, using

rotating tool (5)

11 Second mother, quiet,

having collision (5)

12 White rose arranged

differently (9)

13 Royal entering unusually

tidy room with several beds (9) 17 Strange clue about new

parent’s brother (5)

19 Best part of novel I tear (5) 20 Singer, royal, seen after

wrong note (5)

21 Quiet expert’s speed (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Method of voting (6) 4 Small and dainty (6)

7 Gloomy (4)

8 Expanded (8) 9 Repulsive (7)

12 Strange (3)

14 Rubble (6)

15 Dad (6)

16 Owing (3)

18 Animal skin material (7) 22 Special event (8) 23 Floor-covering (4) 24 Extreme (6)

25 Hardly ever (6)

DOWN 1 Conceited (3-6) 2 Ludicrous (9)

3 Topic (5)

4 Rice dish (5)

5 Rotate (4)

6 Woollen material (5) 10 Boring tool (5)

11 Shatter (5)

12 Or else (9)

13 Large sleeping-room (9) 17 Parent’s brother (5) 19 Select group (5)

20 Male singer (5)

21 Step (4)