TWO-WAY TEASER

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Being expert, made progress (8)

5 White stuff in the cellar (4)

8 One’s choice of tools (4)

9 The innocent diversions of dad’s days (8)

10 Ulster’s troubled issues (7)

12 Rush Ben by railway (5)

13 Lordly London columnist (6)

15 In such bars, one isn’t allowed to leave one’s porridge! (6)

17 They get nourishment in a down-to-earth way (5)

18 The gross fellow continues to be vexatious (7)

22 Little girls possibly born wise (8)

23 Al’s about to be a murder victim (4)

24 Historic meeting (4)

25 Accurately specified in the end, indeed (8)

DOWN

1 Can be taken in pairs (7)

2 Have beginners no such faults (5)

3 Get into trouble with the police (3,2)

4 Does wrong, though one should do good (4)

6 Esteems what’s badly made, sir (7)

7 Tryingly irritable (5)

11 Heroes shifting soil out of the way (5)

12 Bird with a masculine name (5)

14 The watch would appear to be wrong (7)

16 Settled for being shown the way after being sent astray (7)

17 Frenzied attack around the bridgehead (5)

It’s Tessa’s turn to be a positive advantage (5)

20 The serious fault one’s seen in a cracked bell (5)

21 Winger on song, perhaps (4) 19

1 Went forward (8)

5 Condiment (4)

8 Choose (4)

9 Amusements (8)

10 Consequences (7)

12 Hasten (5)

13 Naval hero (6)

15 Jail (6)

17 Foundations (5)

18 Festers bitterly (7)

22 Junior guides (8)

23 Cain’s brother (4)

24 Palm fruit (4)

25 Minutely specific (8)

DOWN

1 Painkiller (7)

2 Failings (5)

3 Incur punishment (3,2)

4 Amount to take (4)

6 Appreciates (7)

7 Irascible (5)

11 Big cats (5)

12 Fish-eating bird (5)

14 Watcher (7)

16 Snuggled (7)

17 Fanatical (5)

19 No liability (5)

20 Calumny (5)

21 Cock or hen (4)