TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Poor little gee-gee trapped in the wild barley! (8) 5 Father of twins? (4) 8 The players drink a lot! (4) 9 They’ve certainly tasted blood! (8) 10 Maybe need to get out of the lab in order to be fit to do things (7) 12 Pale as the fellow at the Nag’s Head (5) 13 Misuse a gun to get a bit of gold (6) 15 Ex-swimmer asleep? (6) 17 Get over being upset (5) 18 Displeased at having done any wrong (7) 22 Causing no distress, will not hurt so much! (8) 23 Ring Henry for nothing (4) 24 Run a little line (4) 25 Falsely accused of being mad about Nigel, maybe (8)

DOWN

1 In the middle, possibly bent out a little (7) 2 Geographical name, bit of a tough anagram (5) 3 A show to see again, we hear (5) 4 Can they cause some dismay when cooked? (4) 6 It’s evidently able to float on the wind (7) 7 Crime detectable by the use of sonar? (5) 11 Soundly leads a soccer team (5) 12 Strange one found in a twisting lane (5) 14 Nice things, that is, among the items stocked (7) 16 Californian giant still growing! (7) 17 Managed to get a compact disc containing a bit of opera! (5) 19 Has a nosy person such an accent? (5) 20 More than twelve months long (5) 21 Interminable period? (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Very poor (8) 5 Daddy (4) 8 Side (4) 9 Bloodsuckers (8) 10 Empowered (7) 12 Pale (5) 13 Lump of gold (6) 15 Cured fish (6) 17 Traverse (5) 18 Vexed (7) 22 Not hurtful (8) 23 Saintly circle (4) 24 Sprint (4) 25 Slandered (8)

DOWN

1 Shared by (7) 2 African country (5) 3 An entertainment (5) 4 Edible tubers (4) 6 Dirigible (7) 7 Felonious burning (5) 11 West Yorkshire city (5) 12 Foreigner (5) 14 Treats (7) 16 Giant tree (7) 17 Dealt with things (5) 19 Of the nose (5) 20 To pine (5) 21 Period (4)