Double trouble

ACROSS

Tactile sense • Durable, hardy (5) Striped domestic cat • Plump (5) Australian former tennis player • Settle with notes and coins (3, 4) Tired-looking, haggard • Texan accent? (5) Snip, trim • Applaud (4) Thrashings • Orientation (8) Competence, profiency • Motionless (5) William —, founder of the Salvation Army • Scotch —, hearty soup (5) Spherical discharge of lightning • Computer protection system (8) 23 Rubbish tip • Moist (4) 25 Wireless • Lines from the centre of a circle (5) Percy Bysshe —, British romantic poet • Bombarded with mortar bombs (7) 27 — Hill, saucy comedian • Rabbit (5) 28 Cheerful, jolly • Clemency (5) 1 4 10 11 12 13 15 16 21 26

DOWN

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 TOUCH and TOUGH — the answer to 3D will reveal which one is correct. Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record

Remote bush country • Decrease, reduction (7) Virtuous • Spur, incite (4) Clive —, TV presenter • Hans Christian —, Danish fairy tale author (8) Interweave strands of hair • Grey matter (5) Small mark or spot • Utter words (5) Crawl, inch • Tweet (5) Nearby • Piece of garlic (5) Decelerate (4, 4) • Final confrontation to settle a dispute (8) Sports shoe • Short preview for a film (7) 18 Previously • Love very much (5) 19 Broom • Redden with embarrassment (5) 20 Tool for digging • Shelter from sunlight (5) 22 Mosquito-like insect •

Elongated area of high pressure (5) 24 Group of cattle • In this place (4) 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 14 17