TWO- WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Frank’s poker hand ( 8)
5 Too long to wait for some
stage success ( 4)
8 Those snooker balls to
the left? ( 4)
9 Catch up with some
mending work ( 8)
10 The simpletons sold one
shiftily ( 7)
12 Goodness, what a pity
about the mine closure! ( 5) 13 Cry uttered with hearty voice when the sky around is stormy ( 6)
15 When forwarded, is
presumably welcome ( 6)
17 How top tournament players
regard a detective sergeant? ( 5) 18 Fool possibly made out to
have collected a great deal ( 7) 22 Like a level stretch of canal
free of access? ( 8)
23 Parry with a sword! ( 4)
24 For dad, the historic tax ( 4) 25 Acrobatic entertainers in glasses ( 8)
DOWN
1 See about something to wear
that’s bouncy! ( 7)
2 Show at which the cowboy
had no mount? ( 5)
3 Fittingly, one is not always
on hand ( 5)
4 Bound to be an unsuitable
diet ( 4)
6 Optical overture ( 4,3)
7 Smooth as a Q. C.? ( 5) 11 Relishes being an
eye- opener in silk, perhaps ( 5) 12 Historic article on food ( 5) 14 Idly consuming a brew of ale
in the best possible way ( 7) 16 How a young child goes about
a letter to a strange boy ( 7) 17 Fall apart in lumps ( 5)
19 She turns up just the same ( 5) 20 Having done well, she held
on ( 5)
21 To indulge in winter sport
– to the right end – can be entertaining ( 4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Direct ( 8)
5 Long periods ( 4) 8 Revolutionaries ( 4)
9 Mend comprehensively ( 8) 10 Pasta strips ( 7)
12 Reverence ( 5)
13 Hunting cry ( 6)
15 Agreement ( 6)
17 They are sown ( 5)
18 Hoarded, heaped up ( 7)
22 Not secured ( 8) 23 Thwart ( 4) 24 Remuneration tax ( 4) 25 Drinking- glasses ( 8)
DOWN
1 Resilient ( 7)
2 Cowboy show ( 5)
3 Hand cover ( 5)
4 Knotted ( 4)
6 Encouraging look ( 4,3)
7 Smooth ( 5)
11 Enjoys ( 5)
12 Spaghetti, etc. ( 5)
14 Perfectly ( 7)
16 Walks childishly ( 7)
17 Collapse ( 5)
19 “Dear Sir or ---” ( 5)
20 Glowed ( 5)
21 A parody ( 4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 7 Delicate, 8 Told, 9 Portal, 10 Thirty, 11 Fear, 12 Director, 14 Handsome, 18 Scar, 20 Rested, 22 Temper, 23 Sumo, 24 Asteroid. DOWN: 1 Remote, 2 Littered, 3 Ballad, 4 Mentor, 5 Etui, 6 Blotto, 13 Cashmere, 15 Avenue, 16 Ordeal, 17 Estate, 19 Acetic, 21 Tool.