Double trouble

Each clue leads to two answers which differ from each other by one letter. You must decide which is the correct one. For example, the two possible answers to 1A are WASH and CASH — the answer to 1D will reveal which one is correct.

Solutions in Monday’s Irish Mirror

ACROSS

1 Bathe Money (4)

3 Male horse Spring onion (8)

9 Foot lever Thick dark syrup (7) 10 Greek letter

Hawaiian greeting (5)

11 Apportion Mixture of metals (5) 12 Means for release of emotion

Piece of lamb or pork (6)

14 Bubble —, chewable sweet

Intestine (3)

16 Area of soggy ground

Severe (5)

18 Colour Prosecute (3)

19 Talk indistinctly

Trapped pocket of air (6)

21 Defy authority Push back (5) 24 Classical language

Glossy fabric (5)

25 Warden James —, classic actor (7) 27 Indefatigable Radio set (8)

28 Eye infection

Scottish island (4)

DOWN

1 Slit Trophy (3)

2 Hot water vapour

Take without permission (5)

4 — the line, conform to expected standards Enemy (3)

5 Smallest in significance Tether (5)

6 Female monarch Have a strong effect on (7) 7 Mound Sort of tide (4)

8 Char Whisky (6)

11 Oscar-winning Ben Affleck film

12 Jinx Wallet (5)

13 Percussion instrument Waistband (4) 15 Drinks mat Kitchen appliance (7)

17 Home’s outside space Set (6)

20 Artificial waterway Trite (5)

22 Brute Beer ingredient (5)

23 Banner Imperfection (4)

25 Elite unit of the British Army (1, 1, 1)

Tool for cutting wood (3)

26 Live and Let —, Bond film

Archaeological excavation (3)