TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Spoken, say, in the
Mediterranean area (8)
5 A pole of boxwood? (4) 8 Vessel with a tidy shape? (4) 9 Novelist playing cricket? (8) 10 In grave distress about certain points, he takes satisfaction (7)
12 Wherein guests get a partial
change of clothes? (5) 13 What greedy turkeys do (6) 15 The gang take it he’s
a crook (6)
17 Demonstrates the method,
amid hisses (5)
18 Distressed at a mild
appellation! (7)
22 One doing badly, possibly
grounded (8)
23 Let it stand the test,
perhaps? (4)
24 Puts down as a deposit (4) 25 A plant to keep birds quiet for half an hour? (8)
DOWN
1 Has it to be a wild nag,
this horse? (7)
2 I went out to be a twister (5) 3 Search and rob of a
weapon? (5)
4 Made a sketch of one
of the Barrymores (4) 6 Indicated that the end
was sharp (7)
7 In a genuine way, grand and
splendidly impressive (5) 11 Portions of fish, good
for what ails people (5)
12 Encouragement to listen
for a short time (5)
14 By going round the road
to the left, generally (7)
16 A producer of brown bread (7) 17 Bonehead! (5)
19 Adjustable range of heat (5) 20 Mercifully allow to rise? (3,2) 21 Figure you can get one for
half a dollar (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Mumbled (8)
5 Box (4)
8 Large vessel (4) 9 Tom Jones author (8)
10 Retributive person (7) 12 Guest house (5)
13 Eat quickly (6)
15 Robber (6)
17 Displays (5)
18 ‘Waltzing ---’, Australian
song (7)
22 Probable loser (8)
23 ‘Let it stand’ (4) 24 Deposits (4) 25 Delphinium (8)
DOWN 1 American horse (7) 2 Twist (5)
3 Firearm (5) 4 Attracted (4) 6 Indicated (7)
7 Royal (5)
11 Fish parts (5) 12 Centre (5)
14 Widely (7)
16 Bread heater (7) 17 Head skeleton (5) 19 Resentment (5) 20 Slacken or stop (3,2) 21 Image (4)