TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Inferior animal usually

beaten (8)

5 Food for a horse in the

Mid-west (4)

8 Look both ways (4)

9 Hurtful to a female getting

on a bit (8)

10 Lived with the team in red (7) 12 Country pursuits (5) 13 Terribly sore about the

cricket club’s footie (6)

15 It’s at the stern, where there’s a piece of water for a swimmer (6)

17 Faded outright when

dehydrated (5)

18 Add sugar to the little

possibly sent out (7) 22 Fellow taking a nubile partner out for some healthy exercise (4,4) 23 Rubbish shot all over the

place (4)

24 A stuttered farewell? (2-2) 25 His is a choice job (8)

DOWN

1 At big matches, they may

have to stand (7)

2 Pounds in payments for

fights (5)

3 City to avoid? (5)

4 Willing to gamble? (4) 6 Seemed happy as Larry

or Jolly Roger (7)

7 The size said to be suitable

for heaving? (5)

11 Be afraid to disturb an

adder! (5)

12 Building useless in the

space-saving style (5)

14 A game little creature (7) 16 Westerner who managed

a star performer (7)

17 For a start, half of us are

in the red! (5)

19 Turn and point to a rotter! (5) 20 Swimming tutor possibly (5) 21 Deceives the young (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Weaker contestant (8) 5 Ova (4)

8 Look coyly (4)

9 Injurious (8) 10 Dwelt (7)

12 Chases (5) 13 Football (6) 15 Guiding device (6) 17 Desiccated (5) 18 Add sugar (7) 22 Cycle trip (4,4) 23 Nonsense! (4) 24 Farewell (2-2) 25 Picker of players (8)

DOWN 1 Match adjudicators (7) 2 Fights (5)

3 Evade (5)

4 Sport (4)

6 Smiled broadly (7) 7 Yearns (5)

11 Fear (5)

12 Residence (5) 14 Summer game (7) 16 Stock farmer (7) 17 Career start (5) 19 Swing round (5) 20 Game fish (5) 21 Youngsters (4)