TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Parcels taking a long time

to wrap up? (8)

5 The whole country’s

alight! (4)

8 Complain bitterly in the

bar (4)

9 I call Reg silly to be so

sensitive (8)

10 That which comes to our ears when fodder is put out? (7)

12 Dense crowd of

journalists? (5)

13 How I’d love to be

overpaid! (6)

15 Give us the go-by,

woman! (6)

17 Fizz money? (5)

18 It enables Jack to be well

up in architecture (7)

22 A Roman way, possibly

into flight (8)

23 With which to fool around,

love, in the bath? (4) 24 Appear to check a figure (4) 25 Ten Scots involved in

fights (8)

DOWN 1 Quietly bent on getting

a drink? (7)

2 Land one to the jaw! (5) 3 Some tough anarchists

in Africa (5)

4 Perhaps the last thing

to crystallise? (4) 6 Lager is drunk here (7) 7 Waterside plants? (5) 11 Those courtroom

smoothies? (5) 12 Balanced style shown

by porpoises (5)

14 Put down to a writer (7) 16 When one walks round with some people, they cover large areas (7) 17 Such monkeys are

determinedly ignorant (5) 19 Points a heavyweight out

as a partner in a joint (5) 20 Waters for a duck to slop

around in? (5)

21 One can have such brakes

all round (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Parcels (8) 5 Territory (4) 8 “British ---” (transport) (4) 9 Unhealthily averse (8) 10 Rumour (7)

12 Squeeze (5)

13 Fondly (6)

15 One’s wife (6)

17 U.S. dollars (5)

18 Spire (7)

22 Aeronautics (8) 23 Washing aid (4)

24 Look, appear (4) 25 Competitions (8)

DOWN

1 Very dry (7)

2 Porcelain (5)

3 African republic (5) 4 Seasoning (4)

6 City with a kasbah (7) 7 Harbours (5)

11 Fine fabrics (5)

12 Balance (5)

14 Assign (7)

16 Grassy plains (7)

17 Alloy (5)

19 “--- saw” (for woodwork) (5) 20 Ponds (5)

21 Round plate (4)