TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Sea creatures, possibly old,
said to have fins (8)
5 It’s in the Greek alphabet,
always (4)
8 A certain agreement (4) 9 Enough extracts to suffice for
many years (8)
10 One case is no longer plenty (7) 12 Lance couldn’t possibly be
dirty (5)
13 Bound to have a very soft centre, as helpfully suggested (6)
15 It’s powerless to take off (6) 17 Look satisfied once the slime’s
been shifted (5)
18 It’s the least one can do, little
mother (7)
22 As composed by the tubthumper at number ten? (8) 23 Not a distinct aspersion? (4) 24 A spy possibly shows a
profit (4)
25 Sees a way to make records about a key service (8)
DOWN
1 You may find it’s scented all
the way down (7)
2 Grub said to come up hot from
down below (5)
3 Force to lie shockingly about a
politician (5)
4 Item of attire seen in the
window (4)
6 Something poached by a top
intellectual! (7)
7 Crime committed in the heat of
the moment? (5)
11 Portion of pie with a little
sauce on (5)
12 Does it punctuate at two
points? (5)
14 Is such education half priced
for a girl? (7)
16 Notices things people say (7) 17 The craft needed to compose a
solo for the piano (5)
19 Does evening work at the
laundry (5)
20 Moral deviation the dentist may
need to stop (5)
21 Produced sound bread (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Sea animals (8) 5 Letter after alpha (4) 8 Convinced (4) 9 Corridors (8) 10 Specimen (7)
12 Not dirty (5)
13 Tilted (6) 15 Engineless aircraft (6) 17 Grin (5)
18 Least (7)
22 Large vocal work (8) 23 Aspersion (4) 24 Gives money (4) 25 Perceives (8)
DOWN
1 A fall (7)
2 A grub (5)
3 Drive (5)
4 Window frame (4)
6 Highbrow (7)
7 Felonious burning (5) 11 Fragment (5)
12 Punctuation mark (5) 14 Elementary (7)
16 Observations (7)
17 Sailing vessel (5)
19 Fetters (5)
20 Tooth (5)
21 Reared (4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 1 Romances, 5 Stir, 8 Maid, 9 Aircraft, 10 Iceland, 12 Safer, 13 Strain, 15 Slacks, 17 Roses, 18 Concise, 22 Brighton, 23 Last, 24 None, 25 Porthole.
DOWN: 1 Remains, 2 Maize, 3 Chain, 4 Sore, 6 Traffic, 7 Rotor, 11 Amiss, 12 Salon, 14 Russian, 16 Sheltie, 17 Robin, 19 Owner, 20 Idaho, 21 Step.