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 PASSED and PASTED — the answer to 3D will reveal which one is correct.

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror

ACROSS

1 Went by Glued (6)

5 Make merry

Nonconformist (5)

9 Frank —, director of It’s a Wonderful Life Isle in the bay of Naples (5) 10 Female big cat

Stray from the point (7)

11 — Charles, American singer

Managed (3)

12 Simulated, faked

Claimant to the throne (9) 13 Account

Expel from a country (6)

15 Floor Shops (6)

19 Bring to an end

Begin to grow from a seed (9)

21 Court Pigeon’s cry (3)

22 Ransack

Small settlement (7)

23 Sully Tease (5)

24 Elegance

Took without permission (5)

25 Collector’s item

Equality of rank or pay, eg (6)

DOWN

2 Put one’s name forward (for)

Big —, New York City (5)

3 Seal’s limb Indoor shoe (7)

4 Be uncertain One or the other (6) 5 Popular style at a specified time Scoundrel (5)

6 Food processor

Stupid or clumsy mistake (7)

7 At some future time

Intense beam of light (5)

8 Divided up Frightened (6)

14 Herb used as a garnish

Industrial town in southwest Scotland (7) 16 More sugary

Loudspeaker designed to reproduce high frequencies (7)

17 Kiss and cuddle? Level (6) 18 Profession

Sway dangerously over to one side (6) 19 Spanish appetisers

The Mamas and the —,

1960s folk rock group (5)

20 Metal framework in a fireplace Furious (5) 21 Climb onto European nobleman (5)