TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 To pay up, fire away! (5,3) 5 Make a mess of in the

kitchen? (4)

8 The sad cry of a chap

who’s not in love (4)

9 To study the work centre

of a bullfighter (8)

10 Fans possibly sad about

a girl going to court (7) 12 To call a mousy person

this, is it too much? (5) 13 Vessels Cathy’s

wrecked? (6)

15 Upon reflection, it needs

looking into (6)

17 Flit around a hotel getting

the dirt (5)

18 Confessed to having

possessed more? (5,2) 22 Sands, at sea, can provide

gratifying gains (4,4) 23 Travel by plane, but not

far (4) 24 Letter to apply for a job (4) 25 Shares a park seat,

possibly (8)

DOWN

1 Arbitrary amount of money

for army manoeuvres (7) 2 Antelope of

Matabeleland (5)

3 A band able neatly to form

fours (5)

4 An act of revolution? (4) 6 One who spends much

time looking at books (7) 7 Pester young Potter? (5) 11 A trick one may be put

out by (5)

12 As a rule, the central

gem in a special ring? (5) 14 To phone us about

nothing is insensitive (7) 16 About to form piles of

answers! (7)

17 The right rhyme for

resistance (5)

19 More suitable

arrangement of wires (5) 20 Took in many a line (5) 21 In the general impression,

not stiff enough (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Hand over the money (5,3) 5 Reheated dish (4) 8 Complain (4)

9 Bullfighter (8)

10 Devotees (7)

12 Peevish (5)

13 Sailing vessels (6) 15 Looking glass (6)

17 Dirt (5)

18 Confessed (5,2) 22 Profitable successor (4,4) 23 Cab (4)

24 Job of work (4) 25 Participates (8)

DOWN 1 Synopsis (7)

2 Large antelope (5) 3 Group of eight (5) 4 Swivel (4)

6 Accounts checker (7) 7 Harass (5)

11 Capture (5)

12 Rule (5)

14 Heartless (7) 16 Answers (7) 17 Combat (5)

19 More sagacious (5) 20 Imbibed (5)

21 Floppy (4)