TWO-WAY TEASER
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 I’m with a partner, getting spoilt (8) 5 Talk that gets a spiteful woman out of breath! (4) 8 Listeners coming during rehearsal (4) 9 Get off that little girl’s pony! (8) 10 Enduring a terrible slating! (7) 12 Deadly as a flat can be (5) 13 Vessels Cathy’s wrecked (6) 15 Cushioned with something soft put on afterwards (6) 17 Four out of fifty will help you make some dough (5) 18 Discreet as a nameless MP. (7) 22 It’s exciting, being awfully good at golf ! (8) 23 Though old, got on OK without a man (4) 24 Wild goat useful in ancient Rome (4) 25 Beaten preparatory to cooking? (8)
DOWN
1 The perfect way to die, possibly, for a friend (7) 2 Where midinettes could go around in pairs? (5) 3 Sculptor of ‘The Kiss’, showing Ron embracing Di (5) 4 A racy little line? (4) 6 What you’ve only a ghost of a chance of being? (7) 7 All to give a child a name (5) 11 Lay some painters to rest? (5) 12 Feeble fathead at the bar (5) 14 See being beaten in the final (7) 16 Made up one’s mind to be positive (7) 17 Strive to make a gift out of Beethoven’s Fifth (5) 19 Really should have doughty heart (5) 20 The cat upset Gertie no end! (5) 21 It’s risky to go out on one (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Weakened (8) 5 Talk (4) 8 Organs of hearing (4) 9 Get off your bike (8) 10 Permanent (7) 12 Lethal (5) 13 Sailing vessels (6) 15 Cushioned (6) 17 Ground grain (5) 18 Advisable (7) 22 Clutching (8) 23 Elderly (4) 24 Roman garment (4) 25 Pounded (8)
DOWN
1 Perfectly (7) 2 Capital of France (5) 3 French sculptor (5) 4 Sprint (4) 6 Frequented (7) 7 Sum (5) 11 Entomb (5) 12 Feeble (5) 14 Shutting (7) 16 Chose (7) 17 Conflict (5) 19 Should (5) 20 Big cat (5) 21 Arm or leg (4)