TWO-WAY TEASER
Two sets of clues but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Sweet stick to let fall (7) 5 Note a drop got from the
chemist (5) 8 Twined the material in the
finish (7) 9 Singular data giving one a
line on shipping (5) 10 One from the crowd who
isn’t keeping up (9) 12 Observe there to be no end
to what will germinate (3) 13 It is a former deed, to be
precise (5) 17 Each new day starts with its
conclusion (3) 19 Always less, then? Not again!
(9) 21 Am in a tizzy, which is madness (5) 22 Once old and upset, one
may offer sympathy (7) 24 Is called before midday in
the wrong 17 (5) 25 Fifty computers making up
half of a board game (7)
DOWN
1 It will make things easier for
rag with 12, perhaps (6) 2 Girl who is only a little
socialist? (7) 3 Fabulous bird for Gibraltar, one
is told (3) 4 Do some footwork, using this
(5) 5 Presbyterian officer it is fashion to desert, or finish with (9) 6 Billets as produced by
musicians (5) 7 Mother is on the sea in France
with an old actor (6) 11 But it’s not the Emerald isle
(9) 14 Show it’s true it’s about all
right to cause anger (7) 15 A sailor will almost observe a
fellow (6) 16 Step back in the wall at
break (6) 18 Being dug from the ground
up, it’s material (5) 20 Such cords are necessary to
speak of (5) 23 Show one’s assent to the
land of sleep (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 A gelatinous sweet (7) 5 Note equalling two crotchets
(5) 8 Intertwined (7) 9 Data in singular form (5) 10 One hanging back, wandering off from crowd (9) 12 Understand (3) 13 To force payment from (5) 17 Cease (3) 19 At no time again in future (9) 21 Madness, craze (5) 22 Grieve with another (7) 24 Entitled (5) 25 Scaling devices (7)
DOWN
1 Lubricant (6) 2 Girl’s name (7) 3 Giant bird of Arabian fable (3) 4 Foot-control (5) 5 Presbyterian President (9) 6 Jottings (5) 7 Actor in old folk-play (6) 11 An Arctic nation (9) 14 Incite, bring about (7) 15 Mariner (6) 16 Remission of business (6) 18 Jeans cloth (5) 20 Talkative (5) 23 Lean over, as if about to fall
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