TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Shifty Ivan cast off and

departed (8)

5 Spoils something

heavenly (4)

8 Insensitive letter to the

union (4)

9 Cross, obviously, when

not amused (8) 10 Mounting opportunities

to get runs? (7)

12 At Trafalgar, he was able

to survive (5)

13 Declare to be a cert (6) 15 Telephone about trouble

with a digger (6) 17 Fatherly flower? (5) 18 What one is given when

released by order (7)

22 It’s topping, getting credit

for being the proprietor (8) 23 Still in the seventies (4) 24 Locate it between two

points (4)

25 Birds wanting fifty quid

in Madras, maybe (8)

DOWN

1 Like an ice-cream van,

not a good one (7)

2 Point possibly made when

nominally identified (5) 3 Hang around craftily? (5) 4 Get your head down, dear (4) 6 Fliers who serve in the

manner of sailors (7)

7 Such characters tend to

keep people in the dark (5) 11 In good time, and nobly? (5)

12 In a sense, GG (5) 14 Financial aid to consume

strong wine (7)

16 Bemoans the fact that

men last out badly (7) 17 Steps out in space (5) 19 Royal drink returned (5) 20 He may be deeply immersed

in his work (5)

21 Thin entertainment? (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Disappeared (8) 5 ‘Red’ planet (4) 8 Without feeling (4) 9 Queen (8)

10 Scaling aids (7) 12 Tough (5)

13 Affirm (6)

15 Garden tool (6) 17 Red flower (5) 18 Liberty (7) 22 Coronation (8) 23 Level, smooth (4) 24 Location (4) 25 Common ducks (8)

DOWN 1 Ice-cream flavour (7) 2 Called (5)

3 Hang aloft (5)

4 Avoid a blow (4)

6 Flying personnel (7) 7 Disreputable (5) 11 Before time (5)

12 Equine animal (5) 14 Prop up (7)

16 Grieves (7)

17 Strides (5)

19 Royal (5)

20 Underwater operator (5) 21 Movie (4)