TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Initially fine art work, very

attractive (8)

5 He and a politician share

a drug source (4)

8 Willing to have a contest (4) 9 Cheat people of a gift! (8) 10 Compensation concerning

a garment (7)

12 Something to keep the

glass in (5)

13 Being broken, in a sling,

means something (6) 15 Upon which, one partner

takes a back seat (6)

17 To make a lighter work

can be a hard thing (5) 18 They strike the French

as ornamental all round (7) 22 A better lake? (8)

23 Thanks to me, it’s not

dangerous (4)

24 Put your foot in the waste

paper basket (4)

25 To be higher up than the

chief means expense (8)

DOWN

1 Features in mathematics (7) 2 A name I had for being

bashful (5)

3 River of some industrial

use (5)

4 Light-hearted individual

no longer with us (4)

6 Put out by one’s inability

to pay the rent? (7)

7 Copper coloured

maiden? (5)

11 A former wildcat, to be

precise? (5)

12 Left in agony, that’s

clear (5)

14 Look good and maybe

simple (7)

16 Crime bringing possible

demise to a number (7) 17 Visibly useful bits of wire (5) 19 Less than meagre expenses, you won’t deny (5)

20 Put off one’s furlough? (5) 21 Figure to have a party at

the bathing place (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Attractive (8) 5 Cannabis plant (4)

8 A match (4) 9 Charitable gift (8) 10 Compensation (7) 12 Glazier’s paste (5) 13 Indicator (6) 15 Two-seater cycle (6) 17 Stone (5)

18 Arm ornaments (7) 22 Finer (8)

23 Not wild (4)

24 Stride (4)

25 Aloft (8)

DOWN

1 Numbers (7)

2 Shy (5)

3 Asian river (5) 4 Departed (4) 6 Made to quit (7) 7 Coin (5)

11 Precise (5) 12 Unadorned (5) 14 Quick look (7) 16 Evil action (7) 17 Safety devices (5) 19 Concur (5) 20 Depart (5) 21 Bathing resort (4)