TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 If you want something to

eat, wave to a sailor! (8)

5 The whole class has a

criminal record! (4)

8 Time to go back? (4) 9 Criminal in strange disarray

at Gateshead (8)

10 Tidy sort of officer (7)

12 A tradesman’s name (5) 13 Letter in unclear print,

possibly Swedish (6)

15 Padre in the RAF? (6) 17 Hard-working figure in the

Silent Service (5)

18 Darling showing deep

affection in bed (7)

22 The bar at the 19th, perhaps,

as a place of escape (4,4) 23 Food item briefly fly-free (4) 24 They can look to hearten

men with encouragement (4) 25 When her rest is disturbed,

does she miss out? (8)

DOWN

1 Discover the person’s not

at home? (4,3)

2 Don’t run into an empty

space (5)

3 She may nurse one with

a broken leg (5)

4 He rules his people with

a light heart (4)

6 Just the bird to make a

drunken sot wealthy (7)

7 The four week walk (5) 11 Such weather brings a

change of air to New York (5) 12 Creature known for its

pace! (5)

14 Go round and show a good

man extraordinary love (7) 16 Compensation concerning

a frock? (7)

17 Fine fellow who broke a bone

playing outside left? (5)

19 The odds are, it’s still at the

bus terminus! (5)

20 Poetry of the clever set (5) 21 Fateful bringer of a bad

mood (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Chewy biscuit (8) 5 Shape (4)

8 Midday (4)

9 Mobster (8) 10 Systematic (7)

12 Metal worker (5) 13 Root vegetable (6) 15 Dad (6)

17 Labourer, informally (5) 18 Sweetheart (7)

22 Place of escape (4,4)

23 French cheese (4) 24 Sight organs (4) 25 Schoolteacher (8) DOWN 1 Discover (4,3)

2 Dodge (5)

3 Heavenly messenger (5) 4 Monarch (4)

6 Flightless bird (7) 7 Month (5)

11 Wet (5)

12 Mollusc (5)

14 Rotate (7) 16 Compensation (7) 17 Aristocratic (5) 19 Smooths out (5) 20 Poetry (5)

21 Fate (4)