TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Not accelerated, but fixed
to the spot! (8)
5 A somewhat retrogressive
giant? (4)
8 Not much of a cat (4)
9 A travelling team, by the
way? (8)
10 Acrobatic fellow who can’t
stand up? (7)
12 Prepared to study a letter (5) 13 Staggeringly agree to accept a pound to entertain sumptuously! (6)
15 Commit crime for no good
purpose (6)
17 As medicines go, it’s very
heavy, I see (5)
18 Upsetting a senator is
a bad thing (7)
22 It qualifies people to
get divorced (8)
23 Turn up to provide me
with company (4)
24 Perform for £50 – a small
figure (4)
25 Woman causing nervous
tension on the motorway (8)
DOWN
1 Be sycophantic in smoother
style (7)
2 Rage, being most upset
about a raw beginner (5) 3 Resolution never broken (5) 4 Pull upward? (4) 6 Expression of a deadly
serious fighter pilot (7)
7 On paper, perhaps, the hard stuff (5)
11 I call for fresh colour (5)
12 Search and rob a crashed
flier? (5)
14 Is he not particular whom
he orders about? (7) 16 Perils causing wrath in
extremes of distress (7) 17 Checked the speed of
two chaps (5)
19 Wetland plants the Red Sea
endlessly produces? (5) 20 Weight of rock (5)
21 No cold war to many (4) QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Attached (8) 5 Man-eating giant (4) 8 Tiny particle (4)
9 Highway verge (8)
10 Glass (7)
12 Prepared (5)
13 Treat to good food, etc. (6) 15 Transgress (6)
17 Stimulant (5)
18 Treachery (7)
22 Wedding (8)
23 Arrive (4)
24 Puppet (4)
25 Female teacher (8) DOWN 1 Over-praise (7) 2 Tempest (5)
3 Audacity (5)
4 Attract (4)
6 Wry face (7)
7 Hard mineral (5) 11 Light purple (5) 12 Firearm (5) 14 Comprehensive (7) 16 Perils (7) 17 Opportunely judged (5) 19 Marsh plants (5) 20 Pebble (5)
21 Friendly (4)