TWO-WAY TEASER

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

ACROSS 1 Feelings of ease derived

possibly from cots (8)

5 Are such numbers always

less than seven? (4) 8 Support for the piano? (4) 9 One can sit in the saloon

for such racing (5,3) 10 Time to do the ironing? (7) 12 An animal with sense (5) 13 Something to eat before

breakfast (6)

15 In which to find a deep

river (6)

17 It’s pinkish with a red part

in something black (5) 18 Maker of a rector (7) 22 Ben, highly regarded (8) 23 So long, and thanks

again (2-2)

24 Plenty can be lost (4) 25 Damage that can occur if you knock off work for long (8)

DOWN

1 Money for the bill? (7)

2 Some wild animal that’s

had nothing to eat? (5) 3 Come up for a fresh rinse (5) 4 An executed essay (4)

6 It’s a bad thing for a chap

to be a person of power (7) 7 Courage that never varies (5) 11 The one place that’s best (5) 12 Be obliged to go out East

for a haul (5)

14 The hunt for a job? (7)

16 Tell of some unwarranted

disturbance (7)

17 The beast turned up initially

late, having the hump (5) 19 Full selection of oranges (5) 20 As headgear, it’s wrong

for an artist (5)

21 A meaty writer (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Solaces (8)

5 Regular (4)

8 Support (4)

9 Production automobile (5,3)

10 Time of day (7) 12 Equine animal (5) 13 Late meal (6)

15 Ravine (6)

17 Sea substance (5) 18 Originator (7)

22 Lofty land-mass (8) 23 Goodbye (2-2) 24 Batches (4) 25 Accidental damage (8)

DOWN 1 Pennies (7)

2 Elk (5)

3 Swollen (5)

4 Fired (4)

6 Deputy ruler (7) 7 Audacity (5) 11 Perfect (5)

12 Hoist (5) 14 Occupation (7) 16 Recount (7) 17 Humped animal (5) 19 Target distance (5) 20 Headdress (5) 21 Young sheep (4) ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER