TWO- WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Fear of unfriendly

measures? ( 4,4)

5 Sign of damage in

a business career ( 4) 8 Fairish girl? ( 4)

9 Plant a false stone ( 8) 10 Not exactly bad occasion

for retirement ( 7) 12 Matches played in sets

at the end of August ( 5) 13 Summarises various

capers ( 6)

15 Becoming a supporter? ( 6) 17 For the most part, pay

out for food ( 5)

18 Waddled around at a very

slow pace ( 7)

22 Deeply impressed about

one getting married ( 8) 23 Beat, not beet! ( 4)

24 A poor swimmer? It just isn’t true! ( 4)

25 An affair at the office? ( 8)

DOWN

1 See to be supple as

a mountaineer ( 7)

2 His substantial property

is laid out right ( 5)

3 Poems composed in town ( 5) 4 Charge for the damage ( 4) 6 Happens to make harvests

better ( 5,2)

7 Libertines with dirty teeth? ( 5) 11 Suggest I am to work

at a trade ( 5)

12 A fling worth having

as a change? ( 5) 14 Traders with many

scattered stores ( 7) 16 Compensation relating

to clothing? ( 7)

17 It definitely shows where

there’s parking, with cover ( 5) 19 The mountains around

Sedan? ( 5)

20 Permission to desert? ( 5) 21 The lubber could be useful

for a cleaning job! ( 4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Lack of courage ( 4,4) 5 Wound mark ( 4)

8 Eye part ( 4)

9 Irish emblem ( 8)

10 “--- story” ( 7)

12 Trials ( 5)

13 Summarises, briefly ( 6) 15 Decent ( 6)

17 “Cornish ---” ( 5)

18 Went slowly ( 7) 22 Intimidated ( 8)

23 Beat with stick ( 4)

24 “--- and chips” ( 4) 25 Moneymaking concern ( 8)

DOWN 1 Mountaineer ( 7)

2 Scottish landowner ( 5) 3 Surrey town ( 5)

4 Rip ( 4)

6 Occurs ( 5,2)

7 Garden tools ( 5) 11 Suggest ( 5)

12 Fling ( 5)

14 Street traders ( 7) 16 Compensation ( 7) 17 Positive evidence ( 5)

19 S. American mountains ( 5) 20 Go away ( 5)

21 Lubber! ( 4)