TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

2 I’d got among graduates with a Phrygian king (5)

5 Among them, the Tyrol separates pals (4)

7 Bewilder with endless feat (4)

8 The early battles are tough (8)

9 Treachery of the bay later turned to it (8)

11 The main one left by the head cook (4)

12 Orders for drugs result in trips corpse may have had (13)

15 Time is negative, and its reverse (4)

17 Vehement about flu, the police stared it off (8)

19 Company politician lied about, but got it together (8)

21 It is detected by Asdic in the choppy seas (4)

22 Will very quickly go for a girdle (4)

23 The rate at which amphetamine goes (5)

DOWN

1 Can’t stand topless aardvark (7)

2 Homo sapiens will provide a crew (3)

3 Platform on wheels for a plaything (5)

4 Cut the edges of coquille into curves (7)

5 Bashed in tree (3)

6 American woman’s handbag

may be put up as a prize (5)

10 Product of sap one can rinse

out (5)

11 One gets me credit first for a

felony (5)

13 Sells tickets for prizes, like a gentleman thief (7)

14 Half of our game of tic-tac-toe (7)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

2 King with the golden touch (5)

5 Mountains in Europe (4)

7 Shock (4)

8 Weather-beaten (8)

9 Breach of trust (8)

11 Head cook (4)

12 Doctors’ orders for medicines (13)

15 Midday (4)

17 Assertive (8)

19 Drew up (8)

21 Repeat what has been said (4)

22 Waistband (4)

23 Velocity (5)

16 Individual after ounce of clean air (5)

18 High pressure feature appearing between the furrows (5)

20 A mark of one’s approbation for a bit of butter (3)

21 It could be one’s aim to finish it (3)

DOWN

1 Aardvark (7)

2 Adult male (3) 3 Platform on rollers (5)

4 A bivalve with semicircular shell (7)

5 Cigar residue (3)

6 Money bag (5)

10 Tree sap (5)

11 A violation of law (5)

13 Lotteries for prizes (7)

14 Zeros (7)

16 An atmospheric layer (5)

18 Raised line on a flat surface (5)

20 Tap gently (3)

21 Finish (3)