TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Noteworthy flier, maybe having a flutter (8)

5 Holy man’s contribution to a proclamation (4)

8 Mother of twins? (4)

9 Vera takes time out to get certain figures (8)

10 Girls’ fibs about a fathead (7)

12 Having a bit of grub to eat is fine (5)

13 Furnish in flexible fashion? (6)

15 A steel product that feels prickly, naturally (6)

17 They may go to earth somewhere in Germany (5)

18 Footballing wanderers? (7)

22 Having a slight appearance of being a lightweight job? (8)

23 A bit of a nasty eye (4)

24 What hens provide for noted horses? (4)

25 Competitors who managed to get into tents, somehow? (8)

DOWN

1 Trial quantities a politician gets in the sales (7)

2 Fresh means of identification (5)

3 Angry, I judge (5)

4 Fight for proper money (4)

6 Their sport is catching (7)

7 Tessa turns up something good (5)

11 Slide around in slacks (5)

12 A shade inexperienced (5)

14 A hairy farewell? (7)

16 Reduces, so giving fewer points (7)

17 Lived, at half term, in the desert (5)

19 Expert in one department (5)

20 Dined in school, it’s said (5)

21 It comes to a dead end (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Type of flying creature (8)

5 Tibetan priest (4)

8 Mother, informally (4)

9 Mean figures (8)

10 Girls, informally (7)

12 Vast (5)

13 Provide (6)

15 Prickly dried flowerhead (6)

17 Invertebrates (5)

18 Forest officials (7)

22 Thin in style (8)

23 Eyelid inflammation (4)

24 Hen’s produce (4)

25 Competitors (8)

DOWN

1 Specimens (7)

2 Titles (5)

3 Wrathful (5)

4 Fight (4)

6 Fishermen (7)

7 An advantage (5)

11 Lazes (5)

12 Verdant (5)

14 Separating (7)

16 Diminishes (7)

17 Misuse (5)

19 Expert (5)

20 Consumed (5)

21 Vivacity (4)