TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Warm day at the last part of July (8)

5 The girl I get crazy about (4) 8 Blow causing much shock, maybe (4)

9 They can electrify a unit for long periods (8)

10 Lazily touring much of the realm in best possible style (7)

12 Not confident about taking in what is brilliant! (5)

13 To Ian, they could be Slovenian literature (6)

15 A car to avoid on the fifth of November (6)

17 Figures in “do-it-yourself”, though not very clearly (5)

18 Variety of capelin able to fly (7)

22 Going round to the right centre for winter sport (8)

23 Being very thin is perfectly OK (4)

24 Intake system to which

one may be tied (4)

25 If you want to go to Battle,

it’s near here (8)

DOWN

1 Minority group capable of noisy activity (7)

2 The outcome is to take legal action (5)

3 The blighter lived eccentrically! (5)

4 The £50 to cry out for (4)

6 Discussing the toss? (7)

7 Like the dry old stuff of which to make a study? (5)

11 A sucker’s cash? (5)

12 Seat possibly lost around mid-October (5)

14 One preying on blood donors? (7)

16 Ways of showing one’s breeding? (7)

17 Given just what the doctor ordered (5)

19 With light heart, scattered seed around the borders (5)

20 See rain splashing on the rocks (5)

21 Food item commonly termed poor (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Amicable (8)

5 Girl (4)

8 Bludgeon (4)

9 Heights of electrification (8)

10 Perfectly (7)

12 Glossy (5)

13 Works of fiction (6)

15 Bumper car (6)

17 Faintly (5)

18 Fish-eating bird (7)

22 Wooden border (8)

23 Cash penalty (4)

24 Eat to rule (4)

25 Southern resort (8)

DOWN

1 Minority group (7)

2 Publish (5)

3 Fiend (5)

4 Scream (4)

6 Disputing (7)

7 Powdery (5)

11 Sweet on a stick (5)

12 Backless seat (5)

14 Blood-sucker (7)

16 Styles (7)

17 Given medicine (5)

19 Sides (5)

20 Scottish terrier (5)

21 To angle (4)