TWO-WAY TEASER

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Confusing things for sale, second-hand (8)

5 A classy figure (4)

8 Flatten with a club (4)

9 Taught twin boys to hold a posh pet (8)

10 Run slowly to deceive the French (7)

12 Boozy but game! (5)

13 Vessels Cathy’s wrecked (6)

15 Shot merely for show (6)

17 Not still unreliable (5)

18 A country morning on the heath (7)

22 Dog resembling a moose (8)

23 Be inclined to register (4)

24 Shocking act (4)

25 Male sheep having its tail cut off for nothing! (8)

DOWN

1 How butchers are both in business (7)

2 Moira goes native (5)

3 The line to town couldn’t be better (5)

4 A complaint it’s good to get away with! (4)

6 Choose one for mother, the very best! (7)

7 How to be in love, if you’re daft enough (5)

11 Woman one wants to win (5)

12 Put up the money for the pot (5)

14 Something especially good for Christmas (7)

16 Enlisted man needing something to keep him afloat in the river (7)

17 We set out to be nice (5)

19 Wine for me and the medico (5)

20 Colleen, possibly, a hot-headed girl (5)

21 Restrict the dog to one less bone (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Mixing up (8)

5 Shape (4)

8 Metal (4)

9 Schooled (8)

10 Dribble (7)

12 Card game (5)

13 Sailing boats (6)

15 Made a movie of (6)

17 Rickety (5)

18 The USA (7)

22 Large dog (8)

23 Catalogue (4)

24 Revolve (4)

25 Free of charge (8)

DOWN

1 Mutually (7)

2 New Zealand native (5)

3 Perfect (5)

4 Painful disease (4)

6 Best (7)

7 Crazily (5)

11 Pool of bets (5)

12 Elevate (5)

14 Robbie Coltrane series (7)

16 US conscript (7)

17 Sugary (5)

19 French wine district (5)

20 Hibernian (5)

21 Restrain (4)