TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Tiring activity when it’s

difficult to get a job (4,4) 5 Thanks for the £50 – it’s

almost unbelievable! (4) 8 Green fabric? (4) 9 Reappearance of Cinerama, as in Hollywood (8)

10 Foolish dieting caused

a flare-up! (7)

12 One who gives a fellow

a bit of support? (5)

13 Ape a historian! (6)

15 Did well enough, but

was overtaken (6)

17 The leading van (5) 18 Light-hearted girls can

make for better viewing! (7) 22 With diligent effort, try

to go by river (8)

23 A nut, perhaps, a vegan

wouldn’t eat (4) 24 Times when it’s silly to be

sad about the 4th of July (4) 25 On the quiet, a person

with skill as a fighter! (8)

DOWN

1 Hanging on to one’s

shares (7)

2 Tree or horse out West (5) 3 Give one’s address (5) 4 Was aware of the modern

sound (4)

6 Stresses the need for new

nets at a cricket club (7) 7 A solitary person in

contradictory ways (5) 11 Swimming tutor? (5) 12 Doctor, a master of

theatrical art (5)

14 By going round the road to

the left, generally (7)

16 Sid and I shiftily showing

scorn (7)

17 Cooked for hundreds under

fire, perhaps (5)

19 Cover for a fowl producing

eggs (5)

20 Encourages a familiar

football team (5)

21 Where the bus won’t

go? (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Tough toil (4,4) 5 High (4)

8 Grass area (4)

9 Native of the U.S.A. (8) 10 Set ablaze (7)

12 Giver (5)

13 Forest ape (6)

15 Went by (6)

17 Face (5) 18 Drinking-vessels (7) 22 Big business (8) 23 Food fish (4)

24 Parts of a week (4) 25 Resistance fighter (8)

DOWN

1 Containing (7) 2 Mountain ash (5) 3 Hold forth (5)

4 Had knowledge of (4) 6 Tones of speech (7) 7 Solitary type (5) 11 Game fish (5) 12 Stage play (5) 14 Widely (7) 16 Contempt (7) 17 Cooked in fat (5) 19 Coating (5)

20 Urges on (5)

21 Arrest (4)