Double trouble

ACROSS

Small wave • Favourite drink? (6) Cease, refrain • Oppose, defy (6) Jeer • Danny —, Irish ballad (3) Medieval punishment device • Thickset, sturdy (6) Lattice • Very dry, parched (4) Mr —, Rowan Atkinson character • Dietary fibre (4) Itch or tingle • Preserve in vinegar (6) Interfere, meddle • Frame of mind, humour (6) Lavatory • Worked hard (6) Graham —, English author • Healthy veg? (6) 19 Drag, pull • Vestibule, foyer (4) 20 Out of danger • Wise (4) 22 Stimulate, awaken • Game bird (6) 23 Anger • Poetic ‘before’ (3) 24 Water boiler •

Grasp the —, confront a problem (6) 25 Meryl —, star of Ricki and the Flash •

Thoroughfare (6) 1 4 7 8 9 11 12 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 RIPPLE and TIPPLE — the answer to 1D will reveal which one is correct. Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record

Erase • Become depleted, dry up (3, 3) Taking part in a demonstration • Safeguarding (10) Lure, attract • Whole (6) Contemporary, modern • Ruler in the absence of a monarch (6) Pulse used to make tofu • Francisco —, court artist to Charles IV of Spain (4) More uptight • Sore, sensitive (6) Controlling, authoritarian • Becoming less advanced, going backwards (10) — whale, largest mammal • Damon Albarn’s group (4) Wyatt —, Wild West hero • My Name is —, US comedy (4) Abel —, Dutch explorer • Inland revenue official (6) Multitude, crowd • Royal seat (6) Short-term visitors • Crusades, missions (6) Deliver goods abroad • Dab hand (6) Simple • Compass direction (4)