TWO- WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 On which there’s not a score of
waterfowl? ( 4,4)
5 A secure knot, but it can come
free! ( 4)
8 Stir a dog with a stick ( 4) 9 Writer about beer? ( 8)
10 The cost, we hear, is no longer
mere pence ( 7)
12 Fat cats, perhaps, so there’s
room at the top for them! ( 5) 13 Eastern ( not exactly Samoan)
vessel ( 6)
15 Fight for a place down south ( 6) 17 County flags ( 5)
18 Vessel or military vehicle on a
road ( 7)
22 School head lecturing on the
following offence ( 8)
23 Rather young for going round
the bend! ( 4)
24 The objectives of friendship ( 4) 25 Something that’s kept reminding one to store alcoholic drink ( 8)
DOWN
1 Is one gradually educated
by them? ( 7)
2 Munch the last of your lunch
in temporary quarters ( 5)
3 In making progress, they
take giant strides ( 5)
4 For a fool, it’s fiendishly
addictive ( 4)
6 Quote from a former treatise ( 7) 7 Sacked a chap for getting
out of line ( 5)
11 Comes close to having
pointed ears ( 5)
12 The intelligence of a
big- headed wet ( 5)
14 Mother gets a pound for the
fat duck ( 7)
16 Confirm that it’s the tip on
a rambling rose! ( 7) 17 Throw away a stew that’s
gone bad ( 5)
19 Possibly obtuse line
of approach? ( 5)
20 Hello, it means goodbye! ( 5) 21 The stuff a QC is made of? ( 4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Pool with waterfowl ( 4,4) 5 Marine barrier ( 4)
8 Incite ( 4)
9 Journalist ( 8)
10 Cost ( 7)
12 Group of directors ( 5) 13 Oriental skiff ( 6)
15 Great struggle ( 6) 17 Droops ( 5)
18 Beer mug ( 7)
22 Walking stiffly ( 8) 23 Quartet ( 4) 24 Extremities ( 4) 25 Souvenir ( 8)
DOWN 1 University awards ( 7) 2 Munch noisily ( 5) 3 Monsters ( 5)
4 Drug ( 4)
6 Take out ( 7) 7 Discharged ( 5) 11 Approaches ( 5) 12 Intellect ( 5) 14 Common duck ( 7) 16 Authorise ( 7) 17 Misuse ( 5)
19 Corner ( 5) 20 Hawaiian greeting ( 5) 21 Smooth fabric ( 4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 1 Whipping, 5 Spot,
8 Nail, 9 Puritans, 10 Tightly, 12 Potty, 13 Nights, 15 Corral, 17 Baron, 18 Drowned, 22 Readjust, 23 More, 24 Duel, 25 Distress. DOWN: 1 Winston, 2 Icing,
3 Impel, 4 Garb, 6 Plaster, 7 Testy, 11 Titan, 12 Photo, 14 Garbage, 16 Ladders, 17 Bared, 19 Rates, 20 Noose, 21 Fund.