TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Duck-billed aquarium fish

and tailless cat (8)

5 A gin distiller’s profit (4)

8 Gas that none may

produce (4)

9 Town to which the workers

take the ring road (8)

10 As far as you can walk into

a wood (7)

12 Woman in chains (5)

13 An itinerant ethnic group,

masculine in name (6) 15 Explosive sausage? (6)

17 This dirty world of ours (5) 18 Extremely anxious in craft

being wrecked (7)

22 He presumably understands

the leader (8)

23 Raise 51 feet (4)

24 Knows the sound of an

organ (4)

25 Where the soothing influence is said to be fit for a monarch (8)

DOWN

1 Being a beast, harshly

criticise the Right (7) 2 Everybody goes round to

the island! (5)

3 Dad’s thanks for the food (5) 4 The racket in torn macs (4) 6 Very affectionate and madly

daring about love! (7) 7 Familiar name for a northern

current (5)

11 Possibly new companion

for a girl (5)

12 Stage work or article on

drink (5)

14 Rolling stones (7)

16 Musical performance can

make it clear (7)

17 Being small and delicate gets

a novice in a fine mess (5) 19 Out in the country, the right

name for mountains (5) 20 Persistent essayist? (5) 21 A lubber (or sponger?) (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 “Duck-billed” animal (8) 5 Profit (4)

8 A gas (4)

9 County town (8)

10 Part of the distance (7) 12 “Fresh as a ---” (5) 13 Itinerant ethnic group (6) 15 Loud firework (6)

17 Soil (5)

18 Frenzied (7)

22 Supporter (8)

SATURDAY’S PUB QUIZ ANSWERS:

1. C: Timbuk3; 2. B: Wales; 3. A: Magdalena Andersson; 4. C: ‘Legs’ Larry Smith; 5. A: Advertising; 6. A: Earthbound; 7. Trick question !!!!! the flat peach originated in China; 8. B: 2:22; 9. C: 67,081,000;

10. B: Giuseppe Dell’Anno; 11. B: Jacob Kiplimo; 12. C: Bluidy Clavers; 13. C: November; 14. C: Subway; 15. C: 1824; 16. A: Bite Me; 17. B: Torshavn; 18. A: Si Jiahui; 19. B: Rasputin; 20. A: Ian Beale and Steve McDonald.

23 Elevate (4) 24 Snout (4) 25 Scottish castle (8)

DOWN 1 Leopard (7)

2 Island (5)

3 Spaghetti, etc. (5)

4 A swindle (4) 6 Worshipping (7) 7 Donkey name (5) 11 Country lass (5) 12 Stage-play (5) 14 Juvenile game (7) 16 Musical performance (7) 17 Fairylike (5)

19 Rustic (5)

20 One who strives (5) 21 Wipe clean (4)

1 Bandit, 4 Lately, 7 Mice, 8 Nonsense, 9 Abscond, 12 Ass, 14 Aviary, 15 Banana, 16 Eve, 18 Descent, 22 Snapshot, 23 Deny, 24 Ambler, 25 Hurtle.

1 By mistake, 2 Nectarine, 3 Tonic, 4 Linen, 5 Tier, 6 Lists, 10 Shred, 11 Drake, 12 Apartment, 13 Spare tyre, 17 Venom, 19 Ether, 20 Catch, 21 Opal.