TWO-WAY TEASER

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 It increasingly gets driven in from its thin end (5) 4 A very little cod Mum serves one with (7) 8 Grave taxes can be the outcome of lavish expenditures (13) 10 Put oneself out backing what Rex expected to hold (5) 11 Elegiac poet made George V beam (4) 12 Depth of mud on motor way leads to anger (4) 16 Puts it out that times have changed (5) 17 It takes a cosh to save one from drowning (4-9) 19 Metal joiners start wishing on their seniors (7) 20 Impignorates the prime movers on board (5)

DOWN

1 Crying to the bat that it is grown to be decorative (7,6) 2 A marriage portion: what is the point of it? (3) 3 Deer, as it might be, gets wiped out (6) 4 Grumbled at Ma, having done wrong (6) 5 Rough sketches made by doctor fast as can be (6) 6 Ace critic turned to, leaving a scar (9) 7 Accidents happen as single girl is about to take a risk (13) 9 Could I but fuel a version of it that’s lovely as this (9) 13 Folk who, after physical education, lope around (6) 14 Sundry people who get submerged in work (6) 15 If off, please turn to it (6) 18 Very often, wish starts as a promise (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Tapering block (5) 4 Small quantity (7) 8 Excesses in expenditure (13) 10 Bring into active operation (5) 11 Thomas . . ., English “Elegy” poet (4) 12 Deep mud, marshy area (4) 16 Throws, sends out (5) 17 A cudgel, cosh (4-9) 19 Those joining pieces of metal (7) 20 Chess pieces (5)

DOWN

1 Ornamental tree with pendant branches (7,6) 2 The point on small “I” (3) 3 Rubbed out (6) 4 Gave low cry of pain (6) 5 Outlines, sketches (6) 6 Scar over healed wound (9) 7 Mishaps (13) 9 Very attractive (9) 13 Men and women (6) 14 Sundry, several (6) 15 In the Land of Nod (6) 18 Voluntary promise (3)