TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Just the place for a snack (8)

5 Chap getting out of line with the principal (4)

8 Spot the digger (4)

9 Such a pistol can get people jumping (8)

10 Old enough possibly to go under in hard extremities (7)

12 It’s no accident you may see me as a six-footer (5)

13 The sagacity of a Norman? (6)

15 It’s endlessly grim for a woman to lament (6)

17 Terrible slime for much of the distance (5)

18 Learned person, but he may be a mere boy (7)

22 An approach to music (8)

23 See timber in terms of money (4)

24 Not surprisingly, it’s a symmetrical toy (2-2)

25 Recordings and an essay suitable to hang on the wall (8)

DOWN

1 In a way, show me around the job centre (7)

2 Synthetic stuff many Londoners possess (5)

3 The child is a girl (5)

4 The race of the moment? (4)

6 Trouble a soldier to go to an art gallery (7)

7 A faller (due to failing light?) (5)

11 The wild moors, more or less spacious (5)

12 Some emir that brings gaiety? (5)

14 Shiny as a middling medal (7)

16 Mundane, mortal material (7)

17 Sullen, gloomy, ending

the day on a low note (5)

19 Servile, maybe, but he

will not be quick (5)

20 Was inclined to have

a spare tyre initially (5)

21 Only barely fair? (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 A snack (8)

5 Chief (4)

8 Burrowing animal (4)

9 Commencing (8)

10 Ten tens (7)

12 Intended (5)

13 Sagacity (6)

15 Lament (6)

17 Measures of distance (5)

18 Studious person (7)

22 Introductory music (8) 23 Ready money (4)

24 Spinning toy (2-2)

25 Ornamented fabric (8)

DOWN

1 In a way (7)

2 Synthetic material (5)

3 Publish (5)

4 Hotness (4)

6 Stir up (7)

7 Nocturnal darkness (5)

11 Chambers (5)

12 Laughter (5)

14 Gleaming like metal (7)

16 Worldly (7)

17 Broody (5)

19 Crawl (5)

20 Rested for support (5)

21 Fair, proper (4)