Double trouble

ACROSS

Went by • Glued (6) Make merry • Nonconformist (5) Frank —, director of It’s a Wonderful Life Isle in the bay of Naples (5) Female big cat • Stray from the point (7) — Charles, American singer • Managed (3) Simulated, faked • Claimant to the throne (9) Account • Expel from a country (6) Floor • Shops (6) Bring to an end • Begin to grow from a seed (9) 21 Court • Pigeon’s cry (3) 22 Ransack •

Small settlement (7) 23 Sully • Tease (5) 24 Elegance •

Took without permission (5) 25 Collector’s item •

Equality of rank or pay, eg (6) 1 5 9 10 11 12 13 15 19

DOWN

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 PASSED and PASTED — the answer to 3D will reveal which one is correct. Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record

Put one’s name forward (for) • Big —, New York City (5) Seal’s limb • Indoor shoe (7) Be uncertain • One or the other (6) Popular style at a specified time • Scoundrel (5) Food processor • Stupid or clumsy mistake (7) At some future time • Intense beam of light (5) Divided up • Frightened (6) Herb used as a garnish • Industrial town in southwest Scotland (7) More sugary • Loudspeaker designed to reproduce high frequencies (7) Kiss and cuddle? • Level (6) Profession Sway dangerously over to one side (6) Spanish appetisers • The Mamas and the —, 1960s folk rock group (5) 20 Metal framework in a fireplace • Furious (5) 21 Climb onto • European nobleman (5) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 16 17 18 19