TWO-WAY TEASER
Two sets of clues but the answers are the same
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Showing understanding and feeling the same (11)
7 Meat is served in such a meal (3)
9 Act after a fight and order to reverse direction (5,4)
10 Condescend to be a foreigner, we are told (5)
11 Fireplace right inside entrance (5)
14 One is a backward part of the world (4)
15 Lord, you need to look searchingly here! (4)
16 Civilian force lit one in misdirected aim (7)
17 She’s entitled to be in pantomime (4)
19 River covered in black rock or sea deposit (4)
20 It’s crazy my hiding behind drinks counter! (5)
23 Wanderer reaching river and beyond (5)
26 You’re prepared to do a job with it (9)
27 Bit of a job inside wine store (3)
28 Singular way to cap someone else’s efforts? (2,3,6)
DOWN
1 A breakthrough in crime you can seize upon? (5-3-4)
2 Space around empty grassland (4)
3 Flower at the back of ship, mostly (5)
4 Search round a much-visited spot (5)
5 Look after a smaller number before five hundred (4)
6 Selection of special quality (6)
8 Drink ordered in real wine mart (7,5)
11 Gutsy sportsmen will play it (4)
12 Improvise a bid roughly about pound (2-3)
13 Go into tangled net with hesitation (5)
15 Quick international going round last in relay (4)
18 Changing houses is emotionally affecting (6)
21 Bad language sailor has to use (5)
22 Man grabbing first of plums from tree (5)
24 Colour’s nothing to work on again (4)
25 Relish with orange peel (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Showing compassion (11) 7 Meat from pig (3) 9 Pivot 180 degrees (5,4) 10 Condescend (5) 11 Base for fire (5) 14 Large continent (4) 15 One of equal rank (4) 16 Civilians trained as soldiers (7) 17 Woman of refinement (4) 19 Black fossil fuel (4) 20 Slightly crazy (5) 23 Person who wanders (5) 26 Gear for sport (9) 27 Refuse container (3) 28 Outdo (2,3,6)
DOWN
1 Kind of robbery (5-3-4) 2 Tie up boat (4) 3 Showy garden flower (5) 4 Visit as a ghost (5) 5 To nurse (4) 6 Of superior quality (6) 8 Drink from a spring (7,5) 11 Soccer match (4) 12 Improvise during show (2-3) 13 Go in for competition (5) 15 Speedy (4) 18 Touching the emotions (6) 21 Misuse (5) 22 A tree (5) 24 Make over (4) 25 Invigorating enjoyment (4)