TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Artists half the winter in

Spain, possibly (8)

5 Tense, as during physical

training (4)

8 Is such love a fondness for

veal? (4)

9 A swinging set of

associates (4,4)

10 Went in for tree surgery in

the end (7)

12 Bit of a blighter, but not to

be taken seriously (5) 13 Something under your

hat? (6)

15 Peaceful place, but a

source of danger (6)

17 Get over being angry (5) 18 You’ll believe it can fly (7) 22 Majestic Persian fairy in

Mali, maybe (8)

23 Quantity of oil spilt at the

weekend (4)

24 Such friends are always company (4)

25 It’s illuminating, in an

old-fashioned way (8)

DOWN 1 Presumably they’ve

selected outdoor work (7) 2 Is allowed a piece of

land (5)

3 Flier exhibiting wild glee

about an article (5)

4 The one underfoot (4) 6 Claimed in courtly

fashion (7)

7 Land where it’s wrong to

gamble (5)

11 Leers crookedly as one

staggers drunkenly (5)

12 Animal possibly all over its

master? (5)

14 Helicopter a housewife

could handle? (7)

16 Welsh town’s modern

harbour (7)

17 White-faced fellow? (5) 19 Cunning Western lies,

perhaps (5)

20 Prone to be deceitful (5) 21 Top man being noisy at the

bar? (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Artists (8)

5 Historic (4)

8 Cow’s offspring (4)

9 Sporting society (4,4) 10 Went into (7)

12 Airy (5)

13 Mysterious (6)

15 “--- of Eden” (6) 17 Peevish (5)

18 Gulp (7)

22 Of an empire (8)

23 1,000 grams (4) 24 Resolute (4)

25 Artificial illumination (8)

DOWN

1 Fruit gatherers (7) 2 Small island (5)

3 Bird of prey (5) 4 Exclusive (4) 6 Asserted (7)

7 Oriental land (5) 11 Spools (5)

12 S. American animal (5) 14 Cleaver (7)

16 Welsh port (7) 17 Precipice (5)

19 Artful tricks (5) 20 Resting (5)

21 Monarch (4) ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER