TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 3 Very small drinks for the toddlers (4,4) 7 Spicy addition you have to enjoy (6) 8 Secured inside a flexible container (2,3,3) 9 Indian city for deranged artists (6) 11 Ice that’s floating in current, it’s said (4) 12 Chef that is taking the biscuit in America (6) 13 Flower got higher (4) 17 Ski on top of mountain and pass lightly over (4) 21 Reason you need to turn it into change of job? (6) 22 Shout that shows you’re not the only one at sea? (4) 23 Put fish in to fry loosely! (6) 24 She’s hardly amused to be in the picture (4,4) 25 Retain movement in part of eye (6) 26 Does it play in a house match? (4,4)

DOWN 1 Faces are stern on top tennis-players (8) 2 I’m pleased I mixed up oil for flowers (8) 3 The one here produces hits (4) 4 Grasping type will hold it with difficulty (6) 5 Move unsteadily from tee, terribly! (6) 6 Men on the road will finish it on slopes (6) 10 A form of ink is related (4) 14 Popeye’s girlfriend familiar in the kitchen (5,3) 15 Ordinary for all time! (8) 16 Pig’s served nothing in bar (4) 18 Japanese garment fellow has on – nothing more (6) 19 A fellow needs time to cope (6) 20 On the move see crowd lie all over the place (6) 23 Fellow having to provide weapons for place in country (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 3 Toddlers (4,4) 7 Kind of pickle (6) 8 Almost assured of succeeding (2,3,3) 9 Hot curry (6) 11 Flat mass of ice (4) 12 Biscuit (6) 13 Scented garden flower (4) 17 Bounce a stone over water (4) 21 A reason (6) 22 Sailor’s warning (4) 23 Liberally (6) 24 Portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci (4,4) 25 Membrane in the eye (6) 26 Side playing on own ground (4,4)

DOWN 1 Contorted facial expressions (8) 2 Sword lilies (8) 3 Denotes a person or thing (4) 4 Aggravate (6) 5 Totter (6) 6 Disreputable vagrants (6) 10 Similar in quality (4) 14 Cooking liquid (5,3) 15 Commonplace and ordinary (8) 16 Wild hog (4) 18 Japanese garment (6) 19 Cope (6) 20 Moving readily (6) 23 Place that grows crops (4)