TWO-WAY TEASER

TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Unwelcome visitors with

taking ways (8)

5 Behave childishly or upset

an MP (4)

8 Not exactly that of the

game? (4)

9 For ten girls, one would

need money! (8)

10 Country lane with no end,

as you’ll find out! (7) 12 Pulsating stuff? (5)

13 Menace of the mad hatter (6) 15 All round, a heady symbol

of royal power (6)

17 Would your belt feel so if you

drank too much? (5) 18 Declared, like a cricket side

in the lead, perhaps (7) 22 Messenger or agent having

no success in a bad year (8) 23 Powder used in dental

clinics (4) 24 Bound to mean a varied

diet (4)

25 In which to see what

develops? (8)

DOWN

1 Advantageous wager about

a fine mess! (7)

2 Norma’s terrible Latin! (5) 3 Bad ignition (5)

4 Appear to mount watch on

the fifth of November (4) 6 Nothing gets Tim upset more

than Ted being left out! (7) 7 Being irreligious, father gets

to back a horse (5)

11 The one bit that comes to

pieces (5)

12 With which to start a fire

by accident? (5)

14 Music on the occasion of

student festivity? (7)

16 The ministry, I see, gets a

reduced sum (ie, very little) (7) 17 Water streaming right into

the tent! (5)

19 It may be the early bird that

provides the eggs (5) 20 Fertiliser from Antigua,

normally (5)

21 Manual worker? (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Trespassing thieves (8) 5 Play freely (4)

8 Title (4)

9 British money (8)

10 Suomi (7)

12 Glossy fabric (5)

13 Menace (6)

15 Crown (6)

17 Very close (5)

18 Asserted (7)

22 Messenger (8)

23 Toilet powder (4)

24 Lashed (4)

25 Photographer’s workplace (8)

DOWN

1 Advantage (7) 2 Latin (5) 3 Incendiarism (5) 4 Look (4)

6 Left out (7) 7 Heathen (5) 11 Separate (5) 12 Upset (5)

14 Jazz style (7) 16 Small amount (7) 17 Midland river (5) 19 A covering (5) 20 Seafowl manure (5) 21 Worker (4)