TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Disagreed with Freddie,

foolishly, about a fathead (8) 5 Drink about a quarter pint,

it’s cheap! (4)

8 Where electricity’s concerned,

five can be a lot (4)

9 Excellence worthy of

exclamation? (8)

10 Civil list payment? (7)

12 Cries out for visits (5)

13 Winnie the Pooh, nominally

a drawback for the editor (6) 15 He embraces a lively lass

with difficulty (6)

17 In class, he shows some

backward uncertainty (5)

18 It goes round bringing

distinction to a member (7) 22 A coronation would be simply

topping! (8)

23 Not good enough to get rich (4) 24 Outbuilding you can do

without? (4)

25 Is there such a charge at

the maternity hospital? (8)

DOWN

1 Figure poetry to be of various

kinds (7)

2 She may be eligible for the

Oaks (5)

3 A sock, though it could refer

to a shoe (5)

4 Fatal effect of a change of

mood (4)

6 Unless you do sewing, these may seem almost superfluous (7)

7 Misguidedly stops deliveries

of mail (5)

11 The learner driver changes

gear in a big way! (5)

12 See something wrong in

personal allure (5)

14 Very nice (but you also lose

some!) (7)

16 Very experienced in senior

citizenship (7)

17 Avoids being hit by fliers (5) 19 Right royal booze-up? (5) 20 Going without headgear, Al

Capone was unique (5) 21 The benevolent type (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Disagreed (8)

5 Cut (4)

8 Electrical unit (4) 9 Nourishment (8) 10 Crowned heads (7) 12 Phones up (5)

13 “The Black Prince” (6) 15 Trouble (6)

17 Dullard (5)

18 Strip worn round sleeve (7) 22 Coronation (8)

23 Indigent (4)

24 Cast off (4)

25 Consignment (8)

DOWN 1 Various (7)

2 Young mare (5) 3 Correct (5)

4 Fate (4)

6 Sewing instruments (7) 7 Uprights (5)

11 Big (5)

12 Enchantment (5) 14 Charming (7)

16 Aged (7)

17 Waterfowl (5) 19 Monarchal (5) 20 Solitary (5)

21 Benign (4) ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER