TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 An affectionate little pet? (8) 5 Stay in a castle stronghold (4) 8 It’s sensible to go north

in rough sea (4)

9 In the kitchen, a vessel

with its own kind of ‘lip’ (8) 10 Do they dwell together

in mixed teams? (7)

12 Such activities are kept

comparatively dark (5)

13 Golf club colours? (6) 15 Showman who provided the mineworkers’ union with a saloon? (6) 17 Burdensome villain? (5) 18 Thought to have played

a major role (7)

22 Lying about working

as a model? (8)

23 The poetic part of

“16 Down” (4)

24 Still contributing some revenue (4)

25 Like a mummy? (8)

DOWN

1 Durable enough to keep

going in middle age (7) 2 Poison that can ruin an

oven for many! (5)

3 The natural outcome

of a marriage (5)

4 Pass half an hour being

stubborn (4)

6 Clarify what is no longer

obvious (7)

7 Copper coloured maiden? (5) 11 Not really canny, but

heard to be thin (5)

12 Revile one who sang about

“the heart of England” (5) 14 Discontinued generous

supply, for instance (7) 16 The unpretentious quality

of a cover-up (7)

17 One of those white ones that will always make the shore? (5)

19 Make tin go into a moulded

mass (5)

20 Addition to the contract

of a jockey? (5)

21 A solid business (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Small parrot (8) 5 Remain (4)

8 Of sound mind (4)

9 Cooking vessel (8)

10 Denizens (7)

12 Questionable, informally (5) 13 Cabbage, etc. (6)

15 ------ and Bailey, showmen (6) 17 Weighty (5)

18 Calculated (7)

22 Resting (8)

23 Poems (4)

24 Level (4)

25 Maternal (8)

DOWN 1 Permanent (7) 2 Poison (5)

3 Publish (5)

4 Stubborn (4) 6 Account for (7)

7 Coin (5) 11 Metallic-sounding (5) 12 Jargon (5) 14 Specimen (7) 16 Humility (7)

17 A mount (5)

19 Block of metal (5) 20 Horseman (5) 21 Unyielding (4) ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER