Double trouble

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 22 Across are ANTI and ASTI — the answer to 8 Down will reveal which one is correct.

Solutions in Monday’s Irish Mirror

ACROSS

1 — Woman, US show with Michelle Ryan •

Film of a person’s life (6)

4 Roll about (in mud) • Thump (6)

7 Reveals, displays •

Political party’s pre-election declaration

(9) 9 Amount of paper • Back (4)

10 — Davis, BBC economist •

— Mcgregor, actor (4)

11 Odour • Hard outer layer of a nut (5)

13 Stinging weed • Snuggle (6)

14 Flower also called milfoil • Large squash (6)

15 To this place • Further up (6)

17 Subtract • Conclude, infer (6)

19 Jury • Sheets of window glass (5)

• 20 Disappeared, departed • Dinner bell (4)

22 Opposed to Italian sparkling wine (4)

23 Ingenuous •

Having no leader or direction (9)

24 Shown to a chair • Made airtight (6)

25 Magazine subscriber • Portray, depict (6)

DOWN

1 Male pub employees •

Unproductive, sterile (6)

2 Baby carriage • Summer concert (4)

3 Trite phrase •

Bell-shaped cover for young plants (6)

4 Feebly • Every seven days (6)

5 Chum • Unpunctual (4)

6 Small fish • Separate grain from chaff (6)

7 Sending texts • Rubbing aching limbs (9)

8 Introductory pieces of music •

Upsets or invalidates (9)

11 Slumber • Wintry weather (5)

12 Defamatory statement • Luggage tag (5) 15 Howard —, late billionaire •

Quietens, silences (6)

16 Complained bitterly • Did not succeed (6)

17 More expensive • Trader (6)

18 Hard worker • Lavatory (6)

21 Bitterness, rancour • • Seabird (4)

22 Largest continent • Song (4)