TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Disagreed with Freddie,

foolishly, about a fathead (8) 5 Drink about a quarter pint,

it’s cheap! (4)

8 Where electricity’s concerned, five can be a lot (4)

9 Excellence worthy of

exclamation? (8)

10 Civil list payment? (7) 12 Cries out for visits (5) 13 Winnie the Pooh, nominally

a drawback for the editor (6) 15 He embraces a lively lass

with difficulty (6)

17 In class, he shows some

backward uncertainty (5) 18 It goes round bringing

distinction to a member (7) 22 A coronation would be

simply topping! (8)

23 Not good enough to get

rich (4) 24 Outbuilding you can do

without? (4)

25 Is there such a charge at

the maternity hospital? (8)

DOWN

1 Figure poetry to be of

various kinds (7)

2 She may be eligible for the

Oaks (5)

3 A sock, though it could

refer to a shoe (5)

4 Fatal effect of a change of

mood (4)

6 Unless you do sewing, these may seem almost superfluous (7)

7 Misguidedly stops deliveries of mail (5)

11 The learner driver changes

gear in a big way! (5)

12 See something wrong in

personal allure (5)

14 Very nice (but you also lose

some!) (7)

16 Very experienced in senior

citizenship (7)

17 Avoids being hit by fliers (5) 19 Right royal booze-up? (5) 20 Going without headgear, Al

Capone was unique (5) 21 The benevolent type (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Disagreed (8)

5 Cut (4)

8 Electrical unit (4) 9 Nourishment (8) 10 Crowned heads (7) 12 Phones up (5)

13 “The Black Prince” (6) 15 Trouble (6)

17 Dullard (5)

18 Strip worn round sleeve (7) 22 Coronation (8)

23 Indigent (4)

24 Cast off (4)

25 Consignment (8)

DOWN

1 Various (7)

2 Young mare (5) 3 Correct (5)

4 Fate (4)

6 Sewing instruments (7) 7 Uprights (5)

11 Big (5)

12 Enchantment (5) 14 Charming (7)

16 Aged (7)

17 Waterfowl (5) 19 Monarchal (5) 20 Solitary (5)

21 Benign (4)