TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Carmine one, this
garment? (8)
5 See the point (4)
8 New gear in fashion (4)
9 A town like Alice? (8)
10 One can read them or speak
them (7)
12 Name a unit, nothing
more (5)
13 Sonnet set to music? (6) 15 A natural swimmer but not a
great one (6)
17 Without dash! (5)
18 Waste food? (7)
22 Old Bob had a natural
feature to sing about (8) 23 Food for when you look
tired, love (4)
24 A suggestion of good when
there’s evil about? (4) 25 A hard-to-find needle container (8)
DOWN
1 Moving house (7)
2 Fine two men (5)
3 Remark one shouldn’t make
very loudly in the new age (5) 4 When hands are raised (4) 6 Game of bridge? (7)
7 Not those in the
southeast (5)
11 They come to light (5) 12 Excuse a fellow £50 off the
bill (5)
14 Anna and the king of
China! (7)
16 A bewitching fellow (7) 17 Nine sisters, one thinks (5) 19 Where to keep a warm
covering handy (5)
20 It’s worn with an air,
perhaps, in thanks (5) 21 Vegetable marrow (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Knitted jacket (8) 5 Location (4)
8 Fury (4)
9 Italian city (8) 10 Books (7)
12 Only (5)
13 Groups of nine (6) 15 Little fish (6)
17 Less (5)
18 Fried item (7) 22 Twelve old pence (8) 23 Cereal (4) 24 Indicaton (4) 25 Fodder pile (8)
DOWN 1 Mobile home (7) 2 Royal (5)
3 Social blunder (5) 4 Mid-day (4)
6 Card game (7)
7 The ones here (5) 11 Winged insects (5) 12 Excuse (5) 14 Chinese city (7) 16 Sorcerer (7) 17 Ponders (5) 19 Football game (5) 20 Headdress (5) 21 Vegetable tissue (4)