TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 Seat for Ratty’s friend up in the fields? (9) 7 Dad returns good serve quickly (5) 8 Trick used by President to get status (5) 9 Eye, chair or fire (8) 10 Increases surprise staff internally (5) 13 Moisture about to form, we hear (3) 15 Lizard seen in Antigua (6) 16 Everybody’s been dismissed with all one’s strength (3-3) 17 Second-rate commercial is inferior (3) 19 Tall and gangling king in two US cities (5) 23 Big waves from river entering glass vessels (8) 24 Open all of them for Arkwright! (5) 25 Transport for trunk route? (5) 26 Yes – her pot may be cracked by magic shout (3,6)

DOWN

1 Shop employee getting legs entangled with rails (5,4) 2 Ship of the desert arrived on lake (5) 3 Short-tempered in a trial? (5) 4 Strive to get to a top of a church (6) 5 Dreadful leer Brit will show when drunk (8) 6 Weight of a wild cat (5) 11 Open store Pope’s shut, unfortunately (3,2,4) 12 Support tear in stage scenery (8) 13 Light blow in which you’ll find flatfish (3) 14 How a drummer hold on to notes (3) 18 From one side to the other it’s a religious symbol (6) 20 A sum lent, it’s said, without others (5) 21 Keep Josephine away from this instrument! (5) 22 Implement for burglar to prize (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

3 Kind of fungus (9) 7 With rapid movements (5) 8 Antic (5) 9 Thrilling (8) 10 Lifts upwards (5) 13 Morning moisture (3) 15 Tropical American lizard (6) 16 To one’s maximum effort (3-3) 17 Evil (3) 19 Tall and thin (5) 23 Waves near the shore (8) 24 Periods of time (5) 25 Jet plane (5) 26 Magical command (3,6)

DOWN

1 Shop assistant (5,4) 2 Desert animal (5) 3 Touchy (5) 4 Desire ambitiously (6) 5 Awful (8) 6 Unit of weight (5) 11 Begin a business (3,2,4) 12 Painted cloth behind stage (8) 13 Pat lightly (3) 14 A roll of banknotes (3) 18 From one side to the other (6) 20 Solitary (5) 21 Stringed instrument associated with Dixieland (5)

22 Crowbar (5)