TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 North American coachmen,
possibly (8)
5 Dismiss a big-headed flier (4) 8 Handy form of lamp (4) 9 Garment religiously worn (8) 10 Notes one can hear from
certain singers (7)
12 Having polish, do well (5) 13 In Berlin, Germany, show
no haste to leave (6)
15 A naturally growing source
of fun for a boy (6)
17 At the very end, simply has
to be stale (5)
18 Was it a bit of a scare for
Paul, breaking this bone? (7) 22 It’s a piano thing – let’s say
a ‘piece’ (8)
23 Celebrity with a heavenly
figure? (4)
24 On some days, a politician
is a bit wet (4)
25 On Thursday it’s Friday,
or maybe never (8)
DOWN
1 Fine a lot of money (7)
2 Men consuming half a loaf
with fruit (5)
3 Protection in the field of
cricket? (5)
4 The point of a tea strainer (4) 6 For a start, it’s an
opportunity (7)
7 Lit a bit of a fire with some
petrol (5)
11 Without exception, each
letter is true (5)
12 Sadie starts with another
girl for the bath place (5)
14 A number to play on the banjo
can perhaps do you good (7) 16 A diving bird? (7)
17 Seemed unhappy with
a low powered bike (5)
19 Colour of the flower (5)
20 But such garments can be
seen in the launderette (5) 21 Utterance having a disturbing
effect on cats (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Native North American (8) 5 Dish (4)
8 Treelike plant (4)
9 Robe (8)
10 Banknotes, informally (7) 12 Glow (5)
13 Dally (6)
15 Mushroom or toadstool, eg (6) 17 Stale (5)
18 Shoulder blade (7)
22 Tiny bit (8)
23 Image (4)
24 Moist (4)
25 Day after today (8)
DOWN 1 Upper-case letter (7)
2 Large fruit (5)
3 Conceal (5)
4 Compass point (4)
6 Starting (7)
7 Measure of capacity (5) 11 Each (5)
12 Steam bath (5)
14 Medicine (7)
16 Gulp (7)
17 Brooded (5)
19 Pale colour (5)
20 Beneath (5)
21 Type of jazz singing (4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 1 Columbus, 5 News, 8 Seal, 9 Calf love, 10 Outpost, 12 Cliff, 13 Frosty, 15 Fringe, 17 Gwent, 18 Spouted, 22 Wrangler, 23 Pupa, 24 Reef, 25 Possible. DOWN: 1 Cast off, 2 Least,
3 Bucks, 4 Salt, 6 Emotion, 7 Shelf, 11 Octet, 12 Curio, 14 Operate, 16 Endgame, 17 Gower, 19 Parts, 20 Thumb, 21 Slap.