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 1A are ATONE and ALONE — the answer to 2D will reveal which one is correct.

Solutions in Monday’s

Irish Mirror

ACROSS

1 Make amends ( for) • Unaccompanied ( 5) 4 Courageous • Pair of game birds, eg ( 5) 10 Large smooth- coated hunting dog • Indicated with a finger ( 7)

11 Defect, flaw • Underground storeroom ( 5) 12 Predatory fish with a broad flat snout •

Greek goddess of victory ( 4)

13 Splash with liquid •

Make a series of explosive spitting or choking sounds ( 8)

15 Condemn, blame • Item used as a lure ( 5) 16 Hot alcoholic drink • Lingerie item ( 5)

21 Felling a tree, eg • Retail purchases, eg ( 8) 23 — of Dogs, London district • Lazy ( 4)

25 Snow piled up by the wind •

Preliminary version ( 5)

26 Decayed remains of organic matter •

Write ( 7)

27 Slip • Maliciously derogatory, supercilious ( 5) 28 Make the —, reach the required standard •

Woodland clearing ( 5)

DOWN

2 Flow slowly •

Tingling sensation ( 7)

3 Badger’s home •

Profit remaining after all deductions ( 4) 5 Celebrated noisily • Exposed ( 8)

6 Hard outer part of bread • Top of a wave ( 5) 7 Express a point of view •

Relating to sheep ( 5)

8 Complain persistently • Dirt, filth ( 5)

9 Clever, intelligent • Slight involuntary movement through fright ( 5)

14 Calculated using a PC? •

Travelled to work ( 8)

17 Lack of agreement • Throw away ( 7)

18 — with Me, hymn • Stage whisper ( 5)

19 Small meal • Sharp blow ( 5)

20 Coming into the world • Ship’s bunk ( 5)

22 Pungent edible bulb •

Workers’ organisation ( 5)

24 — Khan, British boxer •

Kingsley —, novelist ( 4)