TWO-WAY TEASER
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ DIFFICULTY: TARGET: CLUE: YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: (Deduct two minutes from target time for each extra letter heard.) Alternatively, for six extra clues to your mobile, text DSSALPHA to 88010. Texts cost £1 plus your usual network rate. 181 2629 *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 7 Allure of money accrued (8) 8 Man of French appearance (4) 9 Solution found in ales’
recipe (6) 10 Unfortunately drop it, being
sluggish (6) 11 Inclination to be corrupt (4) 12 It’s dance changed, to an
extent (8) 14 A crime, translating article by
foreigner (8) 18 Manage firm exercise (4) 20 Underline anxiety (6) 22 Gossip in a balloon (6) 23 Present during the recording
(4) 24 Person who’s naturally
au naturel (8)
DOWN 1 Mad and stupid around
school (6) 2 Oppose getting gold electrical
component (8) 3 Guard has keys at
conclusion (6) 4 Figures without energy or
position (6) 5 Mark’s out of mascara (4) 6 Fellow in charge has a nut (6) 13 Attempt to arrange canes first
into a line (8) 15 Count as substance (6) 16 A coin’s lost in such a
building (6) 17 Cancel directions to way in (6) 19 Quiet lift gets
commendation (6) 21 Still in the venture (4) QUICK CLUES ACROSS 7 Fascination (8) 8 Fellow (4) 9 Salt water (6) 10 Apathetic (6) 11 Crooked (4) 12 Length (8) 14 Trans-Atlantic (8) 18 Deal successfully (4) 20 Emphasise (6) 22 Talkative person (6) 23 In this place (4) 24 Nudist (8)
DOWN 1 Crazy (6) 2 Circuit part (8) 3 Protect (6) 4 Rank (6) 5 Wound’s mark (4) 6 Madman (6) 13 Lineage (8) 15 Stuff (6) 16 Gambling-house (6) 17 Nullify (6) 19 Extol (6) 21 Level (4) To order Star Two-Way Teaser Volume 1 at £6.99, please send a cheque/PO – made payable to ‘Daily Star Bookshop’ – to: Offer, PO Box 200, Falmouth TR11 4WJ. You can also order by calling 01872 562 316 with your debit/credit card or order online at expressbookshop.com. UK delivery is free.