TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 Splendour of leading piece of music in pop (4) 3 Around 50 persistent person can be disciplinarian (8) 9 Supporting neither side, you won’t move in it (7) 10 Confess now to change at the top (3,2) 11 Saucy combination of flavours (5,3,4) 13 Justification for old bent cues (6) 15 Hanging over ship’s side, will it keep coal in? (6) 17 Delivery by this has to be on the right lines (7,5) 20 Pull net in lake, swelling on return! (5) 21 The condition of a legal document (7) 22 Animals watch a good shot (8) 23 Pond creature went all over the place (4) DOWN 1 I’m severely beaten up in ramshackle shed (8) 2 Small creature has to think hard about duck (5) 4 Ability of scout in sport (6) 5 Sample that’s representative of angry group? (5,7) 6 I’m slow-moving – I’d a lung damaged (7) 7 Knocks box over (4) 8 This Lib’s rise is unusual in this country (7,5) 12 Public relations in salesman’s computer info (8) 14 Panacea for copper and real student (4-3) 16 Pretty rough, in the main, after cuts? (6) 18 A leg I fractured won’t make me this! (5) 19 Attempt at murder (4) QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Ceremonial splendour (4) 3 Person who makes insistent demands (8) 9 Taking neither side (7) 10 Admit (3,2) 11 Chinese sauce (5,3,4) 13 To pardon (6) 15 Hearth metal frame (6) 17 Locomotive that transports goods (7,5) 20 To drag net behind boat (5) 21 A clause (7) 22 Centre of target (8) 23 An amphibian (4) DOWN 1 Subjected to a penalty (8) 2 Small rodent (5) 4 Natural ability (6) 5 A random sample (5,7) 6 Lacking spirit (7) 7 Gentle blows (4) 8 UK and islands (7,5) 12 Text from computer (5,3) 14 Panacea (4-3) 16 Rough like the sea (6) 18 Nimble, quick (5) 19 Injure with a knife (4)