TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 Play a ‘bit’ role and fail to steal the whole show (4,4) 5 Getting badly out of line, Alf will disappoint (4) 8 Race starter (4) 9 Fairly good around the home (8) 10 When certain food is hot, it can give you hallucinations (7) 12 Not a down-to-earth fellow (5) 13 Having tickets for it, perhaps, the airmen flew interminably (6) 15 Prances possibly heartlessly, yet with taste (6) 17 They’re relatively helpful in certain cases of agony (5) 18 You’ll get quickly to its North End (7) 22 Fool a ruffian with apparent encouragement (8) 23 A lady may appear quite wrapped up in it (4) 24 The importance of having no late finish (4) 25 Having zip, perhaps, does it

speed things up? (8)

DOWN 1 Educator having a drink with an actress (7) 2 Some of his new gaskets are sheer poetry! (5) 3 It can be a nuisance when a hip’s broken (5) 4 Adjust noteworthily (4) 6 With legs broadly in position for the one-step? (7) 7 Possibly early bird where eggs are concerned (5) 11 Sidle around in slacks (5) 12 An old one could really burn up Alf and me! (5) 14 Discover a person is not at home (4,3) 16 When the weather’s warmer,

sure to be drunk outside the New Inn (7) 17 Pale as a heathen deprived of warmth (5) 19 Libertines with dirty teeth (5) 20 Instruct in art maybe (5) 21 When it’s turned up very loud, there’s a quarrel (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Join in (4,4) 5 Flunk (4) 8 First man (4) 9 Candidly (8) 10 Drug (7) 12 Fast mover! (5) 13 Lottery (6) 15 Escapades (6) 17 Relations (5) 18 Lancs town (7)

22 Dupe (8) 23 Indian dress (4) 24 Message (4) 25 Fixing device (8)

DOWN

1 Tutor (7) 2 English poet (5) 3 Plant louse (5) 4 Melody (4) 6 Spanning (7) 7 Stratum (5) 11 Lazes (5) 12 Fire (5) 14 Discover (4,3) 16 Brighter (7) 17 Pallid (5) 19 Garden tools (5) 20 Teach (5) 21 Squabble (4)