Cryptic across
5 Habits they have, inducting one of their own into a London club (11)
7 Robust retreat David fought here (4)
8 Superman maybe announced retirement after she wanted John’s head on a platter (8)
9 Ammonite is a fuddy-duddy (6)
11 Pacific place Vanuatu valued in part (6)
12 Ungodly things Georgia condemns on the outside (6)
15 Back, for example, Noah’s boy against Nehemiah’s opponent (6)
17 Certain to get booked (8)
18 Scallop stuffing for garlic lamb (4)
19 See code cashier’s cracked (11)
Cryptic down
1 One from India to look out for, they say (4)
2 Jacob dreamt of a ladder? Here’s a nut hard to crack (6)
3 ’Ark, is here what an artist is in to? (6)
4 Malachi hits dodgy bars in holiday resort (8)
5 Is Roger’s response when flying, OK? (5)
6 Implement hush to begin with, it helps to get baby to sleep (5)
10 Needles one, for instance, to change course to oceans in the north (3,5)
13 Place in Rome to see Christians in the end? (5)
14 Council in Surrey’s bordering on affirmative actions (6)
15 Judge what is good for Idaho over a long period of time (6)
16 Blot out long periods taking drugs (5)
18 In Clermont Ferrand the first of the French to make head of staff (4)
Quick across
5 In the C of E, a meeting of bishops and clergy representing Canterbury and York (11)
7 Head of the Sacred College (4)
8 Signs used in demonstrations (8)
9 Male peregrine falcon or goshawk (6)
11 Elijah’s probable place of birth in Gilead (6)
12 Material (6)
15 Daughter of Haran; grandmother of Rebecca (6)
17 Cold-hearted (8)
18 Eastern men of yore and lore! (4)
19 Crusading (11)
Quick down
1 Grandson of Leah, son of Judah (4)
2 Synoptic, for instance (6)
3 Coastal town in Hampshire, English (6)
4 Port and resort of Cyprus... (8)
5 ...a bit like Heraklion is here? (5)
6 Eldest son of Aaron (5)
10 Bishop in the Sacred College who advises the Pope and helps elect new Popes (8)
13 14’s neckcloth worn by wearers of the alb, among others (5)
14 Priesthood (6)
15 Garam ------, a mixture of Indian spices (6)
16 Of wetland organisms that contain chlorophyll but are not plants (5)
18 Defensive spray: attacking metal-headed club (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0445: Across: 7 Judas Barsabas, 8 Jael, 9 Apostate, 10 Winslow, 12 Janus, 14 Acres, 15 Raleigh, 17 Triplets, 18 Lamp, 19 John the Divine. Down: 1 Judas Iscariot, 2 Baal, 3 Absalom, 4 Prior, 5 Carthage, 6 Last Judgement, 11 Stepping, 13 Tayside, 16 Lethe, 18 Live.
Quick answers to No 0445: Across: 7 Herod the Great, 8 Utah, 9 Cross-eye, 10 Pea soup, 12 Altar, 14 Twirl, 15 Edwards, 17 Discreet, 18 Nile, 19 Thessalonians. Down: 1 Featherweight, 2 Noah, 3 Stuck-up, 4 Defoe, 5 Drusilla, 6 Mary Magdalene, 11 Syracuse, 13 Edition, 16 Gebal, 18 Nain.
Crossword winners
Winners (0444 Cryptic): Margaret Macmillan, Isle of Cumbrae; David Moyes, Darlington
Winners (0444 Quick): David and Theresa O’Neill, Newcastle; Mr PM Cates, Asfordby
Sudoku 0446
Solution 0445
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