TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 An affectionate little pet? (8) 5 Stay in a castle stronghold (4) 8 It’s sensible to go north in

rough sea (4)

9 In the kitchen, a vessel with

its own kind of ‘lip’ (8)

10 Do they dwell together in

mixed teams? (7)

12 Such activities are kept

comparatively dark (5)

13 Golf club colours? (6) 15 Showman who provided the mineworkers’ union with a saloon? (6)

17 Burdensome villain? (5) 18 Thought to have played a

major role (7)

22 Lying about working as a

model? (8)

23 The poetic part of “16

Down” (4)

24 Still contributing some

revenue (4)

25 Like a mummy? (8)

DOWN

1 Durable enough to keep

going in middle age (7) 2 Poison that can ruin an oven

for many! (5)

3 The natural outcome of a

marriage (5)

4 Pass half an hour being

stubborn (4)

6 Clarify what is no longer

obvious (7)

7 Copper coloured maiden? (5) 11 Not really canny, but heard to

be thin (5)

12 Revile one who sang about

“the heart of England” (5) 14 Discontinued generous

supply, for instance (7)

16 The unpretentious quality of a

cover-up (7)

17 One of those white ones that

will always make the shore? (5)

19 Make tin go into a moulded

mass (5)

20 Addition to the contract of a

jockey? (5)

21 A solid business (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Small parrot (8)

5 Remain (4)

8 Of sound mind (4)

9 Cooking vessel (8)

10 Denizens (7)

12 Questionable, informally (5) 13 Cabbage, etc. (6)

15 ------ and Bailey, showmen (6) 17 Weighty (5)

18 Calculated (7)

22 Resting (8)

23 Poems (4) 24 Level (4) 25 Maternal (8)

DOWN 1 Permanent (7) 2 Poison (5)

3 Publish (5)

4 Stubborn (4) 6 Account for (7)

7 Coin (5) 11 Metallic-sounding (5) 12 Jargon (5) 14 Specimen (7) 16 Humility (7)

17 A mount (5)

19 Block of metal (5) 20 Horseman (5) 21 Unyielding (4)