TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Part for a fellow to play in

the field of cricket (5,3) 5 Volcano in Vietnam! (4) 8 Send chain letters? (4) 9 Want to sing about

idleness (8)

10 Moves clumsily around in

one’s sleep? (7)

12 Pettishly spiteful? (5) 13 Don’t accept rubbish! (6) 15 Frank, also in the CID (6) 17 Strive to get a good view

of a bird? (5)

18 Growing evidence that a

vehicle rusts (7)

22 Inventive as never before (8) 23 All over the place, like

wildfire (4)

24 Anxious to make the cut? (4) 25 Giving one’s wages in

booze? (6,2)

DOWN

1 Acrobat able to fall while

holding a drink? (7)

2 I had one order in the

vernacular (5)

3 Skinflint from Reims? (5) 4 Is such a miss miserly? (4) 6 ’Tisn’t Edward that’s

corrupt! (7)

7 It’s no good Ray getting upset about being displeased (5)

11 Follow points with a girl (5) 12 In which I’m seated, embraced by the cleaning lady (5)

14 If a leg’s broken outright,

it’s weak! (7)

16 Mistakenly rescind,

you see (7)

17 Horological apparatus

idly watched (5)

19 It’s metallic, though

not singularly so (5)

20 The following part is due (5) 21 Game with a break in it (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Fielding position (5,3) 5 Sicilian “Mount” (volcano) (4)

8 Send by post (4) 9 Idling (8)

10 Walks slowly, heavily (7) 12 Spiteful (5)

13 Rubbish (6)

15 Honest (6)

17 Wading bird (5)

18 Root vegetables (7) 22 First (8)

23 Widespread (4)

24 Sharp (4)

25 Making bank deposit (6,2)