TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Creature that made inroads, albeit interrupted for a quarter of an hour (8)
5 Too long to wait for a half of
sausages (4)
8 Bit of fun for a bird (4)
9 Again longing to be getting
somewhere (8)
10 Be shaky three times out of a
thousand (7)
12 It’s after wild fun that one’s
incapable (5)
13 Done for when discarded by a
girl (6)
15 Persons old enough for
adultery? (6)
17 Rod will always remain an
adherent (5)
18 Where to take the rest of the
night dissipating boredom? (7) 22 Mature people quite at home
with Stephen Foster (3,5) 23 Nominally, he heartens
Arabella (4)
24 They’re less than a foot long,
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naturally (4)
25 The kind of fish to make you
less bony? (8)
DOWN
1 Opened up late and passed
out (7)
2 Does she tend to be
sisterly? (5)
3 Time for a shower (5)
4 Peruse an article in red (4)
6 It’s profitable to have a fling, perhaps, when out of uniform (7)
7 A good deal of sense, or even
of vision (5)
11 A lucky one for the snooker
player? (5)
12 Released some sound ideas (5) 14 Do more than win! (7)
16 Tried to make maps, perhaps,
by which to be guided (7)
17 He’ll be prepared to
reconnoitre (5)
19 No problem getting a pupil to
provide support (5)
20 Heavenly way to get a gold
piece! (5)
21 Uncle Fred’s piece is musically
significant (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Extinct reptile (8) 5 Long periods (4) 8 Prank (4)
9 Attaining (8)
10 Quiver (7) 12 Incapable (5) 13 Concave (6) 15 Grown-ups (6) 17 Adhere (5) 18 Sleeping chamber (7) 22 Aged relatives (3,5)
SATURDAY’S PUB QUIZ ANSWERS:
1. C: Baseball Ground; 2. C: State Of Happiness; 3. B: Looney;
4. A: Cycloped; 5. A: Number of possible Sudoku grids; 6. C: Caroline, No;
7. B: Ants; 8. A: The Upcott Fraternity; 9. A: Blue thistle; 10. Trick question !!!!! Durdle Door is in Dorset; 11. C: Glasgow; 12. A: Four; 13. B: Zodiakos;
14. C: 62%; 15. A: Flitterkins; 16. A: Country; 17. B: Credence Barebone;
18. B: Cunning; 19. C: ABC; 20. C: Out Of Time.
23 Brother of Cain (4) 24 Foot digits (4) 25 Boned (8)
DOWN
1 Enlarged, opened wider (7) 2 Tend carefully (5)
3 Fourth month (5)
4 Study (4)
6 Remunerative (7)
7 Spectacle (5)
11 Fracture (5)
12 Unfastened (5)
14 Cheat (7)
16 Tasted (7)
17 Reconnoitre (5)
19 Supportive frame (5) 20 Planetary path (5)
21 Musical symbol (4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 1 Donation, 5 Form, 8 Camp, 9 Constant, 10 Onshore, 12 Alice, 13 Secret, 15 Hornet, 17 Rhine, 18 Nightie, 22 Pie chart, 23 Bait, 24 Seer, 25 Pardoned. DOWN: 1 Doctors, 2 Names, 3 Incur, 4 Nine, 6 Oration, 7 Metre, 11 Obese, 12 Along, 14 Chinese, 16 Treated, 17 Ropes, 19 Inter, 20 Twain, 21 Lamp.