TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 Hard toil in the garden? (9) 7 Confess you have to get people in (5) 8 Green covering for windows (5) 9 Ratty one made a good lawyer (8) 10 It’s not a serious attempt to get fresh (5) 13 Look, we are told, for water (3) 15 Described like this (6) 16 Conservative and judge will come up to have discussion (6) 17 Animal whip (3) 19 Improvise a bid roughly about pound (2-3) 23 Be successful as a traveller? (2,6) 24 How far a golf ball will go or hold up (5) 25 I’d taken control and done nothing (5) 26 Difficult task that’s highly priced? (4,5) DOWN 1 Black spinner with long legs (9) 2 Common name for a worker (5) 3 It’s written by pen or in pen (5) 4 Electrical unit for a politician before (6) 5 It will cause a break in series (4,4) 6 Hold-up men have to face (5) 11 Avert having to convert a team (4,5) 12 He is nuts over his diet! (8) 13 It’s dry in these conditions (3) 14 This is done as part of play (3) 18 A snake on road – or on a vehicle! (6) 20 Play featuring doctor with a degree (5) 21 Learner outside shows fair skill (5) 22 Size of bargain event – about a hundred (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

3 Basic preparation for job (9) 7 Confess (5) 8 Felt material (5) 9 Lawyer (8) 10 Toy with another’s affections (5) 13 Mediterranean for instance (3) 15 Being the only one of its kind (6) 16 Grant or bestow (6) 17 Feline (3) 19 Improvise during performance (2-3) 23 Become successful (2,6) 24 Tote (5) 25 Ticked over (5) 26 An unreasonable demand (4,5)

DOWN

1 Large spider (9) 2 Common surname (5) 3 Tale (5) 4 Unit of current (6) 5 Where chain breaks (4,4) 6 Device for shaving (5) 11 Move out of the way (4,5) 12 Rodent with bushy tail (8) 13 Description of dry wine (3) 14 A deed (3) 18 On a ship (6) 20 Theatre play (5) 21 Natural ability (5) 22 Weighing machine (5)