TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 It’s the gap you treat with food (9) 7 Doctor chap’s endless coffee (5) 9 Cricketer’s extended stay (4,4) 11 Great quantities of sugar? (5) 12 Tags are twisted – it makes your eyes water (7) 14 Ward off loud finish (4) 15 One particular service (3) 17 Ring number of Yoko (3) 18 Downfall of one in race (4) 20 Now that can be made into a piece of furniture! (7) 23 Car used by Parisian to avoid the traffic (5) 24 Picture to adjust TV set (4,4) 26 Gun for a flier at sea! (5) 27 Irish boy’s letter, it’s said, for old Hollywood star (5,4) DOWN 2 Beat the seeds! (5) 3 In getting one right I’m doomed (5) 4 This bird is not drinking outside one (3) 5 Little devil wasn’t honest – made insinuations! (7) 6 It’s a garment although it sounds like a belt! (9) 8 Degradation when you leave the summit? (8) 10 Joint source of coal (4) 12 Brand name that has business with old German currency (9) 13 For a start, you will be offered this drink (8) 16 I got into bed with a biased attitude (7) 19 Very small amount for religious festival (4) 21 To show gratitude is hard in VAT! (5) 22 Strangely, this is how leftovers are arranged (5) 25 What’s wrong in refusing? (3) QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Long thin pasta (9) 7 Superior dark coffee (5) 9 Cricket field position (4,4) 11 Collects together (5) 12 Measure used against rioters (7) 14 To ward off (4) 15 Top card (3) 17 Yoko the artist (3) 18 Remains of old building (4) 20 Small display cupboard (7) 23 Paris underground railway (5) 24 Picture to adjust TV set (4,4) 26 Accurate gun (5) 27 US film comedy star (5,4) DOWN 2 Heartbeat (5) 3 Person beyond recovery (5) 4 Small garden bird (3) 5 Inferred (7) 6 Man’s garment worn under jacket (9) 8 Decline to a lower level (8) 10 Join in fabric (4) 12 Symbol used by manufacturer (9) 13 Drink taken before meal (8) 16 Rigidly intolerant (7) 19 Religious festival (4) 21 To convey feelings of gratitude (5) 22 In a peculiar way (5) 25 Any serious offence (3)