Double trouble

ACROSS

Egyptian goddess Tropical wading bird (4) Dedicate (oneself) to a pursuit

Stand for (6)

Maxim Housey-housey (5)

Moral transgressor Vocalist (6)

Din Short coat (6)

Touched lightly in passing

Went red in the face (7)

Slightly foggy

Having a stale odour (5)

Light plain doughy cake Radiated (5) Parliamentary meeting

Surroundings (7)

20 Jail Toxin (6)

21 Elizabeth —, Hollywood icon

Suit maker (6)

23 Sea duck Swiss mountain (5)

24 Fuel Military detachment (6)

25 Eating regimen Soil (4) 1 5

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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 ISIS and IBIS — the answer to 2D will reveal which one is correct.

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror

Detecting device Higher in rank (6) Garden pest Slighting remark, aspersion (4) The — Pimpernel, novel by Emma Orczy Young and inexperienced actress with potential to be big (7)

Money brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

Drab and old-fashioned (5)

Ignore British nobleman (8)

Strand of material

Declaration of the intention to inflict harm (6) Member of the clergy Ominous (8) Wine of a particular year

— point, position affording a good view (7) Embrace Congeal, thicken (6)

Draw aimlessly String of pasta (6) Christmas tree topper Wrath (5)

Unit of length equal to three feet

Long and involved story (4)