TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Difficulties that make Miles
mad! (8)
5 Float or reel (4)
8 What celebrities have in
association with me (4)
9 Is going to sing out when
boozing (8)
10 Twenty-first ton? (7)
12 Turn aside into the avenue
on the right (5)
13 Minor point that gives some
detective trouble (6) 15 Animal well known to pop (6) 17 Bewilder with a puzzle (5) 18 Various clarets are a vivid
red (7)
22 A match interruption
(maybe for me?) (4,4)
23 At liberty, not having been
charged (4)
24 Standard little boy’s name (4) 25 A vague individual (8)
DOWN
1 Marred by insufficiency
of facts, indeed! (7)
2 Squashed fruit? (5)
3 For faultless service on the motorway, he’s reluctant to pay (5)
4 A fielding error? (4)
6 Are they in no hurry to serve
meals? (7)
7 The right rhyme for “power” (5) 11 Join one in an unusual
tune (5)
12 A near wreck, as possibly
at Wembley (5)
14 Does it follow the film it
advertises? (7)
16 In starting and finishing lucky,
a beast may win it! (7)
17 Pale as a bird (5)
19 Flower colour? (5)
20 A slow movement (5) 21 Hints gratuitously given? (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Predicaments (8) 5 ‘Sink or ---’ (4) 8 Renown (4)
9 Drinking freely (8) 10 Hundred years (7) 12 Turn aside (5) 13 Small point (6) 15 Stoat-like animal (6) 17 Astound (5)
18 Red (7)
22 Match interval (4,4) 23 Release (4) 24 Average level (4) 25 Unspecified person (8)
DOWN
1 Disfigured (7)
2 Bitter fruit (5)
3 Niggard (5)
4 Slide (4)
6 Restaurant workers (7) 7 Strength (5)
11 Unify (5)
12 Stadium (5)
14 Towed vehicle (7)
16 Raffle (7)
17 Pale (5)
19 Top of milk (5)
20 Slow musical passage (5) 21 Gratuities (4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: Stumbles, 5 Opus, 8 Lair, 9 Wardrobe, 10 Mystery, 12 Groom, 13 Napkin, 15 Veneer, 17 Pilot, 18 Minimum, 22 Cocktail, 23 Evil, 24 Dose, 25 Demanded.
DOWN: 1 Solomon, 2 Units, 3 Lower, 4 Sort, 6 Propose,
7 Steam, 11 Exist, 12 Green, 14 Palaces, 16 Rambled, 17 Paced, 19 Islam, 20 Moved, 21 Land.