TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Commanding officer out of bed before the French pair (6)

4 Single man heartless and

serious (6)

7 Method used by male with

poem (4)

8 It’s finished by actors, dull (8) 9 Umpire with engineers, free,

out East (7)

12 Vase is found in our

nursery (3)

14 Maker of clothes given to liar

mistakenly (6)

15 Field used by a mod we

disturbed (6)

16 Colouring substance used by

nobody English (3)

18 Cart returned to royal with

farm vehicle (7)

22 Head of school with cereal, almost stuffed, being snide (8)

23 Loads of items for sale at

auction (4) 24 Small piece of furniture,

steady (6)

25 Using strange code, my

amusing drama (6)

DOWN

1 Unruly mod with cement

having made remarks (9) 2 Agitated deer run if being

shot at (5,4)

3 Run away to marry upright

Pole with energy (5)

4 Part of act being witnessed,

say (5)

5 Decorative fabric left with

expert (4)

6 Skinflint, male, is with the

queen (5)

10 Forepart produced by father

on time (5)

11 Choose to take part in the

lecture (5)

12 Insufficiently cooked end our

Den replaced (9)

13 Recently made pullover from

US state (3,6)

17 Sailing vessel used by youth leader before chat, possibly (5)

19 Gun found in corridor I

fled (5)

20 Colonel on island, cold,

getting abdominal pain (5) 21 Dull doctor, a bachelor (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Pair (6)

4 Serious (6)

7 Fashion (4)

8 Cloudy (8)

9 Umpire (7)

12 Vase (3)

14 Maker of clothes (6) 15 Piece of grassland (6) 16 Colouring substance (3) 18 Farm vehicle (7) 22 Contemptuous (8) 23 Plenty (4)

24 Building for horses (6) 25 Amusing drama (6)

DOWN 1 Remarked (9)

2 Being attacked (5,4) 3 Run away to marry (5) 4 Part of play (5) 5 Decorative fabric (4) 6 Skinflint (5)

10 Forepart (5)

11 Vote in (5) 12 Insufficiently cooked (9) 13 US state (3,6)

17 Sailing vessel (5) 19 Ransack (5) 20 Abdominal pain (5) 21 Dull (4)