TWO WAY TEASER
Two sets of clues but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Tease us for being back
to-front – that’s sweet! (5)
4 Shaken skin turned and ran
(7)
8 Somewhat drunk, but
running smoothly (5)
9 Fever causing alarm as one
reaches a conclusion (7)
10 A small violin could be all
one needs to make up (3)
11 He’s near to one, hour being
changeable (9)
12 Every picture such as this
tells an inside story (1-3)
13 The ounce returns in charge
of the animals (4)
18 Manacles the crew members
about to box one’s ears (9) 20 A companionable number
starts the wedding off (3)
21 Raise one from run, true to
form (7)
22 Old British tribe seen in
twice-nightly revue (5)
23 Height that is always set
incorrectly (7)
24 Throttle one with this end of
mutton (5)
DOWN
1 Standard bandying of words takes place in the bourse (5,8)
2 Celebrity event at four o’clock meal was Pygmalion’s creation (7)
3 Is up, and lying at anchor (6) 4 Stop in, having first sorted
out the mare (6)
5 Dirty fly hit accidentally (6)
6 Broad, slow movement is goal
which may be about right (5) 7 How sailor establishes
position, busy reading on
deck (4,9)
14 It will last longer as
unfashionable clothing (7) 15 Company uses a sort of
Liverpool dialect (6)
16 Make a show of fact iron was
used in it (6)
17 Catches sight of first eight
enemy agents (6)
19 Writing about Verne is a
cheek (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Sweetener (5)
4 Having pleated folds (7)
8 Lubricated (5)
9 Mosquito fever (7)
10 Gear (3)
11 One who lives close by (9) 12 Radiographer’s picture (1-3) 13 Of animal life (4)
18 Manacles (9)
20 A couple (3)
21 Cultivate (7)
22 Boudicca’s tribe (5)
23 World’s highest mountain
(7)
24 Neck (inf) (5)
DOWN
1 Share-dealing centre (5,8)
2 Strong twill-weave cotton
fabric (7)
3 Going by bicycle (6)
4 Stay (6)
5 Grubby (6)
6 Perform slowly (music) (5)
7 Estimate of ship’s position by
the log (4,9)
14 Last longer than (7)
15 Liverpudlian (Brit inf) (6)
16 Influence (6)
17 Sees at a distance (6)
19 Message-carrier to the brain
(5)