TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Job of parliamentarian doing the chores? (9)

7 Point stuck into furrows causes corrosion (5) 9 A couple work in suit (3-5) 11 See fellow go round for fruit (5)

12 British Rail is taking lot back to port (7)

14 Discovery financially penalised, we hear (4)

15 Help one put in advertisement (3)

17 Country involved in accusations (3)

18 English anger for Ireland (4)

20 Doc I see is ordered by church district (7)

23 On grizzly creature, note growth of hair (5)

24 Watch fabric inside cosmetic (8) 26 US city retreat’s loaded (5) 27 Is it used by switched-on student? (5,4)

DOWN

2 River bank creature’s not terribly well concealed (5) 3 Packs pull on board ship (5) 4 Nothing about is a mineral (3) 5 Home for redheads! (7) 6 What partner will do in football? (9)

8 Hill on beach for bathers and nudes, shaking (4,4) 10 Privy to love in hotel (2,2) 12 Judo expert needed to complete ref’s ensemble? (5,4)

13 Popular man entering dined freely (2,6)

16 Spear cleared things inside tent (7)

19 If upset, learners will have as much as they want to eat (4)

21 Waterway vessel on a lake (5)

22 Good man needing liquor to play the guitar (5)

25 Some put back in job begin to retreat (3

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Chores around the home (9) 7 Corrodes (5) 9 Bikini (3-5) 11 Tropical fruit (5) 12 Port on the River Avon (7) 14 Discover (4) 15 Assist (3) 17 America (3) 18 Republic of Ireland (4) 20 Bishop’s district (7) 23 Growth of facial hair (5) 24 Cosmetic pencil (8) 26 Carrying freight (5) 27 Movable light in a room (5,4)

DOWN

2 Carnivorous freshwater mammal (5) 3 Packs tightly (5) 4 Natural mineral (3) 5 Offices of Soviet government (7) 6 Business companion (9) 8 Hill on the beach (4,4) 10 Knowledgeable about (2,2) 12 Expert in martial art (5,4) 13 Greatly desired (2,6) 16 Neptune’s spear (7) 19 Occupy the whole of (4) 21 Artificial waterway (5) 22 Play guitar (5) 25 Flow back like the tide (3)