TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Having produced too much,
radically restyled (4,4)
5 Be slow to give £1 to a
politician (4)
8 I hurried to get out of it (4) 9 The amount of business you
can do in your sleep? (8)
10 At best, I had a noted
friend (7)
12 A payment of pence for a
cereal (5)
13 It’s good to have a change
of heart, we understand (6) 15 Avoiding insomnia for the
rest of the night (6) 17 Performs songs on the
piano (5)
18 Such a girl could get a
chap all hot and bothered! (7) 22 Game played in a number
of legs? (8)
23 High-sounding if dubious
set (2-2) 24 Shoemaking tools? (4) 25 Fast lute composition,
elegant and stylish (8)
DOWN
1 Deface a playing-card, thus
blemishing (7)
2 When I have to get the doctor,
it means a car journey (5) 3 Essential to most displaced
Latvians (5)
4 Fine gunners and
engineers (4)
6 Bill’s fashionable singing
tone (7)
7 Get ready to whistle for
one’s money? (5)
11 City, yes, but also United (5) 12 Beat with a stick? (5)
14 Pupil dragged to his
lessons? (7)
16 Fond, as Rita may be, when
in a friend’s embrace (7)
17 To steal can hurt! (5) 19 Six-footers in rugby jerseys (5) 20 One who’s always taking
things the wrong way (5)
21 In bad visibility, there’s
always some mistake (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Remodelled (4,4) 5 Flaccid (4) 8 Downpour (4)
9 Business revenue (8) 10 Perfectly (7)
12 Cost (5)
13 Collect (6) 15 Slumbering (6) 17 Makes music (5) 18 Woolly top (7) 22 Bowling game (8) 23 Stereo (2-2) 24 Outdoor tools (4) 25 Well chosen (8)
DOWN
1 Awarding points (7) 2 Force, impel (5) 3 Essential (5) 4 Unusual (4)
6 Bill (7)
7 Money-bag (5)
11 W Yorkshire city (5) 12 Adhesive (5)
14 One being taught (7) 16 Incomplete (7) 17 Squeeze (5) 19 Stinging insects (5) 20 Robber (5) 21 Cloudiness (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:
ACROSS: 1 Others, 4 Befall, 7 Dart, 8 Adoption, 9 Cashier, 12 Pet, 14 Routed, 15 Sadist, 16 Set, 18 Plummet, 22 Stranger, 23 Here, 24 Ardent, 25 Lassie.
DOWN: 1 Order arms, 2 Hard court, 3 Smash, 4 Booze, 5 Fate, 6 Loose, 10 Steep, 11 Realm, 12 Pointless, 13 Tête-à-tête, 17 Enter, 19 Light, 20 Moral, 21 Face.
ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER