TWO-WAY TEASER

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

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Being alcoholic, it would go to one’s head (8)

5 A much admired figure, but one may be old (4)

8 It could have been spent in old Ireland (4)

9 Showing intelligence by having a spare ruler (8)

10 Not in any way bent (7)

12 Alter, maybe, at some future time (5)

13 To ride around having a responsible job (6)

15 Beat Paul badly with a hearty growl! (6)

17 Boxes of samples? (5)

18 Orator in the Commons? (7)

22 Have a game with a new team, chum (8)

23 Either way, it’s part of a ship (4)

24 Exclamation upon infestation? (4)

25 Remoteness shown by a little boy during a game? (8)

DOWN

1 Like Mars or Jupiter, a Roman deity (7)

2 One who’s had it, so to speak (5)

3 Being tricky, it may be dropped (5)

4 How a pin can hurt! (4)

6 One currently just floating around (7)

7 Intoxicating Elgar composition! (5)

11 Dozens, yes; but possibly a fat lot? (5)

12 Let a learner have leisure! (5)

14 Coffee of the month? (7)

16 Tasteful style of hat? (4-3)

17 To prance around can be an illegal activity! (5)

19 Two large streams of verse (5)

20 Reputed, at present, to be in the outskirts of Kensington (5)

21 Bare-headed during tribal dances (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Bedtime drink (8)

5 Worshipped image (4)

8 Flat-bottomed vessel (4)

9 Meditating (8)

10 Standing erect (7)

12 Afterwards (5)

13 Press chief (6)

15 Beat or flog (6)

17 Instances (5)

18 Orator (7)

22 Child’s pal (8)

23 Ship’s stern (4)

24 Rodents (4)

25 Range (8)

DOWN

1 Planet (7)

2 A “dead duck”! (5)

3 Seize (5)

4 Soreness (4)

6 Fishing boat (7)

7 Beer (5)

11 Obese (5)

12 Tenancy contract (5)

14 Moment (7)

16 Non-vegetarian item (4-3)

17 Cavort (5)

19 Pieces of verse (5)

20 Familiar (5)

21 Hairless (4) ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S DAILY STAR