Double trouble

ACROSS

Flamboyant Tintin’s dog (5)

Question closely Lying face down (5)

Bed cover Deliberately ignored (7) Bleak Gaze intently (5)

Housing document Nourish (4)

Pathetic

Forcefully pulled or twisted (8)

Cut with sweeping strokes

Secret store (5)

Divisions of a pound

Short tubes of pasta (5)

Reassured, no longer anxious

Took to be true (8)

23 Ice pellets Tresses (4)

25 Pulsate with increased force

Pitch, fling (5)

26 Dense growth of small trees and shrubs Wider (7)

27 Move quietly and cautiously

Young bird’s cry (5)

28 Noddy Holder’s band Quench (5) 1 4 10 11 12 13

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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 SHOWY and SNOWY — the answer to 2D will reveal which one is correct. Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror Closest Most expensive (7)

Decrease gradually in size or strength Post-funeral social event (4)

Expressed remorse (for) Felt bitter about (8) Collide Offensively bold (5)

— with Me, hymn — from, other than (5) Beer mug Ship’s rear (5) West Yorkshire city Ogles (5)

Teacher and pupil gathering Put together (8)

Solved Thin crisp biscuit eaten with cheese (7)

18 Clan Hackneyed (5)

19 Flavoursome Irritable (5)

20 Accidental success Woodwind instrument (5)

22 Coniferous tree Walk in a procession (5)

24 Barrier Volition (4) 2 3

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