TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Conservative pamphlet

or legal document (8) 5 Cricket clubs? How silly! (4) 8 Sweet nothing (4)

9 A case of being terribly

nice about Stan (8) 10 Develop the wild part of

Greenland! (7)

12 Possibly early bird at the

egg farm (5)

13 Reveal what is no longer

the position (6)

15 She appears to need help when there are men around (6)

17 Helpful couple of letters (5) 18 Was at the gate, perhaps,

with the discards (7) 22 Person who got the

radio (8)

23 Bread list, nominally? (4) 24 Denied being disheartened

in an act (4)

25 No way sad, confused,

in these modern times (8)

DOWN

1 Old king keeping a cricket

side in school (7)

2 Original work of fiction (5) 3 Imitating a sound (5)

4 Shot for shifting

rubbish! (4)

6 Unhappy, maybe, but could you have done any different? (7)

7 Could you use its horns

as handlebars? (5)

11 Ruddy short of practice! (5) 12 Plenty of youths possess

nothing (5)

14 Pa? He can change that

swaggering style! (7)

16 For sewing, they’re not

quite unnecessary (7) 17 Engaged just one in a

mixed, large group (5) 19 Pointedly, it has directional

significance (5)

20 A capital Italian

fragrance (5)

21 Still less than seventy (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Shrink (8)

5 Flying animals (4) 8 Darling (4)

9 Example (8) 10 Make bigger (7) 12 Stratum (5) 13 Uncover (6) 15 Damsel (6) 17 Convenient (5) 18 Misuse (7) 22 Radio set (8) 23 List of names (4) 24 Document (4) 25 At present (8)

DOWN

1 School (7)

2 New (5)

3 Imitating (5)

4 Nonsense, informally (4) 6 Vexed (7)

7 Guide (5)

11 Corroded (5)

12 Burdens (5)

14 Verve, style (7)

16 ‘Pins and ---’ (7) 17 Employed (5)

19 Archer’s missile (5) 20 Nice smell (5)

21 Level (4)