TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Sea creatures, possibly old,
said to have fins (8)
5 It’s in the Greek alphabet,
always (4)
8 A certain agreement (4) 9 Enough extracts to suffice
for many years (8)
10 One case is no longer
plenty (7)
12 Lance couldn’t possibly be
dirty (5)
13 Bound to have a very soft centre, as helpfully suggested (6)
15 It’s powerless to take off (6) 17 Look satisfied once the
slime’s been shifted (5) 18 It’s the least one can do,
little mother (7)
22 As composed by the tub-thumper at number ten? (8)
23 Not a distinct aspersion? (4) 24 A spy possibly shows a
profit (4)
25 Sees a way to make records
about a key service (8)
DOWN
1 You may find it’s scented all
the way down (7)
2 Grub said to come up hot
from down below (5)
3 Force to lie shockingly
about a politician (5)
4 Item of attire seen in the
window (4)
6 Something poached by
a top intellectual! (7)
7 Crime committed in the
heat of the moment? (5) 11 Portion of pie with a little
sauce on (5)
12 Does it punctuate at
two points? (5)
14 Is such education half
priced for a girl? (7) 16 Notices things people
say (7)
17 The craft needed to compose a solo for the piano (5)
19 Does evening work at the
laundry (5)
20 Moral deviation the dentist
may need to stop (5) 21 Produced sound bread (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Sea animals (8)
5 Letter after alpha (4) 8 Convinced (4) 9 Corridors (8) 10 Specimen (7)
12 Not dirty (5)
13 Tilted (6) 15 Engineless aircraft (6) 17 Grin (5)
18 Least (7)
22 Large vocal work (8) 23 Aspersion (4)
24 Gives money (4) 25 Perceives (8)
DOWN
1 A fall (7)
2 A grub (5)
3 Drive (5)
4 Window frame (4) 6 Highbrow (7) 7 Felonious burning (5) 11 Fragment (5) 12 Punctuation mark (5) 14 Elementary (7) 16 Observations (7) 17 Sailing vessel (5) 19 Fetters (5)
20 Tooth (5)
21 Reared (4)