Double trouble

ACROSS

Essential bodily fluid

Ponder (upon) persistently (5)

Cooker Push (5)

Split into two equal parts

Searched for water using rods (7)

Bet Thin crisp biscuit (5)

Jane —, Charlotte Bronte novel

Ancient Greek stringed instrument (4) Bald Without a successor (8)

Animal’s nose Strong dark beer (5) Wading bird with a long straight bill Sweeping stroke (5)

21 Abroad Supervises (8)

23 Prevent Retail outlet (4)

25 Marie —, Nobel prize-winning scientist

Oddity (5)

26 Emerged from an egg Small axe (7) 27 Classic game of skill for two players

Plant used in salad or as a garnish (5) 28 Slithering reptile Trap (5) 1

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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 BLOOD and BROOD — the answer to 2D will reveal which one is correct. Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror

Prised Young hare (7)

Pig’s noise

Close and open one eye briefly and deliberately (4)

Of imposing height Recoiling (with fear) (8) Indistinct Worth (5)

Military command More peculiar (5)

Cow’s milk producing gland

— Milk Wood, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor film (5)

Edge of a steep place Quick, lively (5)

The —, horror-themed 1960s sitcom

—, Inc., animated family movie (8)

17 Ewer Threw (7)

18 Come into contact with Difficult (5)

19 Lissom Wood-turning machine (5)

20 Malice Set of hotel rooms (5)

22 — Brooks, country singer

Cost the —, be very expensive? (5)

24 Astound, shock Whirled (4) 2 3

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