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 8 9 10 11 13 15 17

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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 Record

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)