TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Disturbing Ron, the large
wasp (6)
4 User returning before me is
to start again (6)
7 Pinch man (4)
8 A male with piece – one on
drive (8)
9 Lizard, e.g., salesman found
beside slab (7)
12 Royal with 1p getting rent (3) 14 Exaggerate about party (6) 15 Ring found by Democrat with
debts, repulsive (6)
16 Head getting kernel (3) 18 Eastern politician with the
queen or another monarch (7) 22 Hosts in a broadcast getting
surprise (8)
23 Guns returned when
comfortable (4)
24 Woody plant in saint’s road (6) 25 Occupation making us rush
wildly (6)
DOWN
1 Holiday for newly-weds with house and no money, possibly (9)
2 Engineers, up-to-date,
being repeated (9) 3 Browned bread given to
a saint (5)
4 Fresh beer left for
revolutionary (5)
5 Place for spectacle, say (4) 6 I roam, possibly, with native
New Zealander (5) 10 Residence engineers used
with army chaplain (5) 11 Church official’s shrub (5) 12 Exceptionally rare dog in
North American river (3,6) 13 Traveller in vehicle who
does no effective work? (9) 17 Distressed, having
overturned (5)
19 Damp ring found in fog (5) 20 Moral principle revealed by head of English with terrible itch (5)
21 Adore nothing (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Large wasp (6)
4 Begin again (6)
7 Steal (4)
8 Desire for success (8) 9 Cold-blooded animal (7) 12 Tear (3)
14 Cook for too long (6) 15 Repugnant (6)
16 Kernel (3)
18 Monarch (7)
22 Amaze (8)
DOWN 1 Newly-weds’ holiday (9) 2 Happening repeatedly (9) 3 Browned bread (5) 4 Revolutionary (5) 5 Location (4)
6 Native New Zealander (5) 10 Army chaplain (5) 11 Senior (5)
12 North American river (3,6) 13 Traveller in vehicle (9) 17 Distressed (5)
19 Damp (5)
20 Set of moral values (5) 21 Adore (4)
LEEDS winger Ash Handley has added to coach Richard Agar’s pre-season headaches by sustaining a knee injury in his side’s 22-16 friendly defeat to Huddersfield.
Handley
(inset) was at full-back with Jack Walker, Luke Gale and Rob Lui out and Kyle Eastmond not ready for his RL return.
Agar hopes Gale and Eastmond will face Wakefield on March 27, but admits Handley is already a big doubt before the extent of his medial ligament issue is discovered today. Agar said: “I’d say he’s already a risk for round one.” Handley’s replacement Jack Broadbent was among the try scorers. Morgan Escare marked his first appearance in Salford colours with a try against his former club as the Red Devils impressed by beating Wigan 20-6.