TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Seem sick enough to make

mum hang around (8)

5 An upright position (4) 8 Only one fish (4)

9 Might she not have been

amused by Ms Wood? (8) 10 Sportsmen bent on striking

gold? (7)

12 Women make me sad (5) 13 Valuable and, in general,

antique (6)

15 Prohibitive sort of

headline? (6)

17 Fathead taking a hand at

bridge? (5)

18 Given strikingly openhanded treatment (7) 22 Novice thrashing around,

crying plaintively (8)

23 A fishy end? (4)

24 Trial that could indeed be

hated! (4)

25 Pictures in which no actors may appear (8)

DOWN

1 Horse that simply has to

be a broken-down nag? (7) 2 I possibly call out for

colour (5)

3 One who can’t keep things

to himself? (5)

4 Being proverbially steady,

how can it do this? (4)

6 They may be all in the same

boat (7)

7 Snares with broken parts (5) 11 Without exception, each

definite end is absolute (5) 12 Possibly mad about an

artist in a play (5)

14 Hangers-on in the MEP list,

maybe? (7)

16 Tricky questions simply full

of holes (7)

17 For a start, the union leader

is in debt! (5)

19 Intoxicating Elgar

composition (5) 20 Instrument causing pain, perhaps, when there’s a bad score (5)

21 A record of discovery? (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Feign illness (8)

5 Job (4)

8 Only (4)

9 --- Beckham, ex-Spice

Girl (8) 10 Bowmen (7) 12 Titled women (5) 13 Bright yellow (6) 15 Placard (6) 17 Imitation (5) 18 Smacked (7) 22 Whining (8) 23 Appendage (4) 24 Examination (4) 25 Comic strips (8)

DOWN 1 American horse (7) 2 Light purple (5) 3 Donor (5)

4 Stone (4)

6 Rowers (7)

7 Catches (5)

11 Each (5)

12 Stage-play (5) 14 Clinging molluscs (7) 16 Sieves (7)

17 First appearance (5) 19 Beer (5)

20 Musical instrument (5) 21 --- jockey, radio

presenter (4)

ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S