TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Fanciful tales of the wild Camerons (8)

5 Wake up in prison (4)

8 The girl I get mad about (4)

9 Skill of the pilot? (8)

10 A country much like Ireland (7)

12 More reliable way to collect fares (5)

13 Endless staring can produce a bad effect on the eyes (6)

15 Well, they aren’t tights! (6)

17 Ramblers perhaps, though they sometimes come to tea (5)

18 In brief, a century can be so nice! (7)

22 University town where only the intelligent get ahead (8)

23 It will serve the cobbler for years (4)

24 Neutral person – simply doesn’t count! (4)

25 Yet it may provide an outlook to starboard! (8)

DOWN

1 Stays in the marines (7)

2 In a labyrinth, one gets something corny (5)

3 Such letters have their links with the mail (5)

4 Rose may be both sensitive and tender (4)

6 The business in cars, etc. (7)

7 It whirls round, going up and down (5)

11 A failure? No sir, that’s wrong! (5)

12 Wherein hairdressers may be exhibitionists? (5)

14 Nationality of Ian, after the breakup of the USSR (7)

16 A dog one might mistake for a pony? (7)

17 He’s like Martin, in a way (5)

19 He simply has to be himself (5)

20 Girl’s name for a useless house in America (5)

21 Dancing pace? (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Love stories (8)

5 Agitate (4)

8 Servant (4)

9 Plane (8)

10 N. Atlantic republic (7)

12 More secure (5)

13 Try too hard (6)

15 Trousers (6)

17 Thorny plants (5)

18 Terse (7)

22 Sussex resort (8)

23 Be durable (4)

24 Nil (4)

25 Ship’s “window” (8)

DOWN

1 Stays (7)

2 Indian corn (5)

3 Series of links (5)

4 Painful (4)

6 Commerce (7)

7 Revolving part (5)

11 Wrong (5)

12 Art show (5)

14 “--- roulette” (7)

16 Pony or dog (7)

17 Redbreast (5)

19 Proprietor (5)

20 American state (5)

21 Stride (4)