TWO WAY TEASER

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Agreement relating to a form of bridge? (8)

5 Just a little thin, perhaps (4)

8 Tyrant, but he showed a bit of generosity (4)

9 To a sailor, modern music with taste (4,4)

10 Swimming, not really dancing (7)

12 Younger member of the family distributing coins (5)

13 Military body in which the French soldier gets ahead (6)

15 There’s a fair possibility that this is “of love” (6)

17 A villain difficult to bear (5)

18 Sozzled in Paris? Take this (7)

22 Person given radio apparatus? (8)

23 Clever way to cut a key (4)

24 A side that’s right on the map (4)

25 History-making card game? (8)

DOWN

1 Hearty production of claret around the end of autumn (7)

2 It’s never broken while you hold it with composure (5)

3 Garment or pan, perhaps, useful in the kitchen (5)

4 Food for the Friar (4)

6 Foreign land with a Scottish name (7)

7 This, I see, was a ship (and a big one) (5)

11 With sarcasm, it’s hard to come to a happy ending (5)

12 Collapse in lumps (5)

14 Looks with light heart upon certain weapons (7)

16 Light to carry? (7)

17 Might one whinny with a throaty sound? (5)

19 A bit of a fight (5)

20 Out in the outskirts of Rochdale, the way to travel (5)

21 In Provence, it’s used for cooking

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QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Shrink (8)

5 Suggestion (4)

8 Roman emperor (4)

9 Saline mineral (4,4)

10 Staggering (7)

12 Heir or descendant (5)

13 “French Foreign _” (6)

15 Underground passage (6)

17 Weighty (5)

18 Pain killer (7)

22 Recipient (8)

23 Prettily attractive (4)

24 Orient (4)

25 “_ Bonaparte” (8)

DOWN

1 Innermost (7)

2 Audacity (5)

3 Work garment (5)

4 Insert neatly (4)

6 Formerly “Persian” (7)

7 A giant (5)

11 Sarcasm (5)

12 Collapse (5)

14 Brief looks (7)

16 Form of lamp (7)

17 Equine animal (5)

19 Fragment (5)

20 Way travelled (5)

21 Cooker (4) Two sets of clues but the answers are the same ANSWERS TOMORROW Puzzle books are available from Express Bookshop with free UK delivery, call 0871 471 3467 (*Calls cost 13p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge) Or order online at www.expressbooks.co.uk.