TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 American beauty queen
is married (6)
4 Bill of fare? (6)
7 Have a go at carrying
a salver (4)
8 Woman’s habit is to delay,
that is the end of it (8) 9 There’s fifty odd giants
remaining (7)
12 Caught by the sailor
– to get back to his ship? (3) 14 Peephole for viewer to
lease (6)
15 Market community? (6) 16 Sounds like a night school
teacher (3)
18 Defeat delay (3-4)
22 He joins more than one
union (8)
23 Wine shippers use it (4) 24 He acts in a virtuous way (6) 25 A little lower (6)
DOWN
1 Superior to all, but lacking
fire (9)
2 Perhaps a pony is a matter
of no consequence (5,4) 3 Break down and confess (5) 4 Fitting end for a piece of
wood (5)
5 Shipping company? (4) 6 Heather is part American (5) 10 Good players make
bloomers too (5)
11 Cheese produced by
United Dairies in Goa (5) 12 Revolutionary diversion
for clubmen (5-4)
13 Warder organising a fete
getting in the drink (9) 17 Flower head of hydrangea
comes from Ireland (5) 19 Banish to a former French
island (5)
20 Club goes to church a lot (5) 21 This could be said from
the platform (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Wife’s address (informal) (6) 4 Pass (6)
7 Salver (4)
8 Female underwear (8)
9 Eternal (7)
12 Taxi (3)
14 Loophole (6)
15 Continent (6)
16 Knight’s title (3) 18 Reversal (3-4)
22 Married person marrying
again (8)
23 Harbour (4)
24 Pure (6)
25 Young cow (6)
DOWN
1 Unsurpassed (9)
2 Something unimportant (5,4) 3 Cleft (5)
4 Kind of saw (5)
5 Ship’s company (4)
6 Heather (5)
10 Propagative parts of plants (5) 11 Dutch cheese (5)
12 Putting game (5-4)
13 Tower warder (9)
17 Hibernian (5)
19 Banish (5)
20 Bunch (5)
21 Platform (4)