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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Remarkable piece of railway

equipment (6)

4 Rare tiffs with sweetheart (6) 7 Stake for backing a mount

– may be hotly tipped (4) 8 Youngster ate green fresh

produce (8)

9 Possibly pleased to have

passed (7)

12 It may come between

players (3)

14 In pain father is brave (6) 15 Animal hunt (6)

16 Three directions a sheep

takes (3)

18 Ocean bird heading for

Welsh city (7)

22 Nobody we know (8)

23 I’d look around for bathing

facilities (4) 24 Search for one drink after

another (6)

25 Show EEC arrangements

about French wine (6)

DOWN

1 Take a chance or just think

about it (9)

2 One drink to put some life

into another (6,3)

3 Having had a lot of drinks,

started to smoke (3,2)

4 Kid having a nap (5)

5 A method that’s out of

place (4)

6 Confounded weeds in the

vegetable patch (5)

10 Fly from a ship (5)

11 Suit oneself (5)

12 Ran up a share account (9) 13 Brave emblem (5,4)

17 Vigil held by Albert (5)

19 Bet he’s involved in a war (5) 20 Railwaymen have points to

look after (5)

21 Deep sea fish (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Communication (6) 4 Scanty (6)

7 Volcano (4)

8 One aged 13-20 (8)

9 Gone by (7)

12 Entrap (3)

14 N. American Indian (6) 15 Domesticated polecat (6) 16 Female sheep (3) 18 Welsh town (7)

22 Alien (8)

23 Swimming pool (4) 24 Hunter (6)

25 Show (6)

DOWN

1 Guess (9)

2 Fizzy drink (6,3) 3 Illuminated (3,2) 4 Unglazed leather (5) 5 Absent (4)

6 Root vegetable (5) 10 Greenfly (5)

11 Attire (5)

12 Story (9)

13 Emblem of 14 across (5,4) 17 Look at (5)

19 Bet (5)

20 Tend to (5)

21 Lowest male singer (4)