TWO-WAY TEASER
TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Meant to sound indeed
deranged! (8)
5 Believe the payment to be
a pound? (4)
8 Manage to catch a loose
end (4)
9 Search for a little matter
that’s in dispute (8)
10 Came to a conclusion and
ran out (7)
12 Drinking vessel of a saint
– a German one (5)
13 To be sly about a piece of
wickedness is not healthy (6) 15 Bachelor, also an officer, I
see, in the European area (6) 17 Coldly unfriendly letter to
Mr Blair (5)
18 A fishy food item (7)
22 In which to keep a trophy
for the directors? (8)
23 Is such racing
uninteresting? (4)
24 Active secret agent touring
Central America (4) 25 Alarming in a small way! (8)
DOWN
1 Richard gets half dozens
from Charles (7)
2 Do an absorbing job as
cleaner (3,2)
3 Misquote as something
that goes to one’s head! (5) 4 Document with a title,
perhaps (4)
6 No longer a single man,
that’s directly important (7) 7 Revolutionary linen weaver (5) 11 The right person to have on
your side, we gather (5) 12 Being vegetarian, it’s slow
to digest nails (5)
14 It can cut through the air (7) 16 Fine a lot of money (7)
17 Are those holes in them
made by punches? (5) 19 Senior soldiers abandoned
by sis (5)
20 Sweeter variety of lemon (5) 21 It’s a great struggle for
many to be friendly (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Crazed (8)
5 To sense (4)
8 Hold one’s own (4) 9 Query (8) 10 Terminated (7) 12 Beer mug (5) 13 Feeble (6) 15 European Sea (6) 17 Hard, cold (5) 18 Pickled herring (7) 22 Furniture item (8)
23 Level (4) 24 Nimble (4) 25 Borderline (8)
DOWN 1 Novelist Charles (7) 2 Finish the job (3,2) 3 Brimless hat (5)
4 Act (4)
6 Urgent (7)
7 Russian revolutionary (5) 11 Recover (5)
12 Slow mover (5) 14 Helicopter (7)
16 Wealth (7)
17 Half-hose (5)
19 More aged (5)
20 Large fruit (5)
21 Cordial (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS:
1 Tumult, 4 Solace, 7 Rant, 8 Reappear, 9 Affects, 12 Spa, 14 Outlay, 15 Recant, 16 Tin, 18 Clipper, 22 Forecast, 23 Shut, 24 Osprey, 25 Picnic.
DOWN: 1 Turned out, 2 Manhattan, 3 Terse, 4 Scant, 5 Lope, 6 Cramp, 10 Franc, 11 Sweep, 12 Sea-urchin, 13 Antarctic, 17 Irons, 19 Leafy, 20 Put up, 21 Near.