TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Discovered

unconscious? (5,3) 5 Source of steak and the

odd bit of pork (4) 8 Welshman’s platform? (4) 9 Smart publication but no

good to six-footers (8) 10 Magic light? (7) 12 Transport by car and

railway (5)

13 Read distractedly about

a horse being teased (6) 15 Refuse a ticket to a higher

place (4,2)

17 Replant trees? (5)

18 May have a matinee at

three, perhaps (7) 22 Messenger holding a letter

for a royal attendant (8) 23 It’s up at the end (4) 24 There are two ways to get

them, it would appear (4) 25 To dine badly having very little money, is wrong (8)

DOWN

1 Dishonest player? (7)

2 It’s of joint interest (5) 3 Chance given to a tory to

get church donations (5) 4 They may go like

clockwork (4)

6 They often find cricketers

appealing (7)

7 Group having to pay outright

for fun? (5)

11 Still comes to a tight finish,

as it happens (5) 12 Mechanical bird? (5)

14 No big deal, but it can be

of moving significance (7) 16 Give now! (7)

17 How hard it is when being on

these means you’re stony (5) 19 Paid to help when the herd

strays out of line (5)

20 How to look doubly

interested (5)

21 Car seen backing in on the

motorway (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Detected (5,3) 5 Hindquarters (4) 8 Platform (4)

9 Insect trap (8)

10 A light (7)

12 Bear (5)

13 Untidy (6)

15 Fail to take (4,2) 17 Readjust (5) 18 Playhouse (7) 22 Palace attendant (8) 23 Occasion (4)

24 Look to be (4) 25 Improper (8)

DOWN

1 Violinist (7)

2 Labour group (5)

3 Bid (5)

4 Playthings (4)

6 Cricket officials (7) 7 Convivial assembly (5) 11 A happening (5) 12 Hoisting machine (5) 14 Significant motion (7) 16 Gift (7)

17 Boulders (5)

19 Engaged (5)

20 Doubly (5)

21 Prefix denoting small (4)