TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 One unlikely to succeed

as a verger? (8)

5 Beyond being tense (4)

8 In which to live for racing? (4)

9 I’m striking an attitude that’s impressive (8)

10 Hoped to get wildly praised (7)

12 Something drawn in church art (5)

13 Serve as a drink (6)

15 Ointment, or a wooden figure (6)

17 In Europe, great streams of verse (5)

18 Cry about a piano being relatively inferior (7)

22 Judged guilty of absenteeism? (5,3)

23 Capital of Mali? (4)

24 Cry out for the old-fashioned

vinyl disc (4)

25 Practise once again on

a slow vehicle (8)

DOWN

1 Casual worker away sick? (7)

2 There’s transport to the

pithead, it’s a long walk (5)

3 The impulse to avoid walking? (5)

4 Transported in part (4)

6 Round the corner, a man

is battered by brutes! (7)

7 But not too mean to get drunk? (5)

11 As played by a bad loser? (5)

12 Stop from getting a century

without difficulty (5)

14 Being unbalanced, simply not up to the occasion? (7)

16 Spoil the attendance at a resort (7)

17 Somewhat inflated, like a publisher’s blurb (5)

19 Knotty little snag (5)

20 Good man always in advance (5)

21 Bitter, thus heartily curt! (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Unfancied runner (8)

5 Beyond (4)

8 Apartment (4)

9 Grandly impressive (8)

10 Sought promotion, etc (7)

12 Sea map (5)

13 Multiply by two (6)

15 Balm (6)

17 Verse works (5)

18 Less costly (7)

22 Discovered (5,3)

23 Capital of Peru (4)

24 Doggy cry (4)

25 Practise for performance (8)

DOWN

1 Without thought (7)

2 Vagrant (5)

3 Impel (5)

4 Spellbound (4)

6 Beasts (7)

7 Very close (5)

11 Actors’ parts (5)

12 Discontinue (5)

14 Of different value (7)

16 E. Kent resort (7)

17 Bloated (5)

19 Brief impediment (5)

20 Earlier (5)

21 Acrimonious (4)