Cryptic across
7 Two girls, one shortly to be Chuza’s wife (6)
8 Sail back through Attica, edging finally in Corinth toward Jeroboam’s boy (6)
9 Dutch barn, open-ended, really the first of all (4)
10 One badge cryptically alludes to Daniel’s mate (8)
11 Police reaction to the early Christian Church (6)
14 Hefted up in a Sussex town (4)
15 Taken from Zulu, Zimbabwean gets a submachine-gun (3)
16 Obtained a revolting wife for Esau (4)
18 Religious house in previous years (6)
20 Cooler, old England, almost, before becoming one with Canterbury (8)
22 Book’s legitimacy without a preface (4)
24 Infuriates a community on the Loire (6)
25 Encourage doctor to leave the south behind (4,2)
Cryptic down
1 Work around with energy, jumping up and down: stick,... (4)
2 ...getting bogged down, going nowhere (2,1,3)
3 Where Paul sought, but could not see? (8)
4 Head, getting lost in mist, north instead to make foreland (4)
5 Solo return for Paul’s familiar contact after place lost to Philistines (6)
6 This makes one thickhead reportedly linger with deliveries (8)
12 Priest learning what Ornan did? (8)
13 Hobbit’s not quiet – upsets the dog by saying something suddenly (6,2)
17 Comet, one of them, and Bill, contributed lyrics initially (6)
19 How poor people are perceived by the gutter press? (2,4)
21 Easy, after years being neglected, for Ham’s lad (4)
23 Many abandon beach, sez you in the KJV (4)
Quick across
7 Top of the line; outstanding (6)
8 Tormented (6)
9 Strait separating Victoria and Tasmania (4)
10 Israeli Mediterranean resort in its alternative, biblical name (8)
11 Make very hot and dry (6)
14 Concrete section: butcher’s block (4)
15 Third king of Judah (3)
16 Ray Davies, for one (4)
18 Echo (6)
20 Forsaker of the faith (8)
22 Brickbat (4)
24 Sorry, tired last part of something or period (3,3)
25 Displace: dig out vegetation (6)
Quick down
1 Insect stage (4)
2 Someone who grants a lease (6)
3 David’s priest, jointly with Zadok (8)
4 Fix firmly: score or engrave (4)
5 Theses (6)
6 Chief priest who put Joash on the throne (8)
12 High Priest before whom Jesus was interrogated (8)
13 Alternative name for Elymas, the false prophet or magus who appears in Acts (3, or -5)
17 Will of Allah (6)
19 Dough of flour, water and shortening (6)
21 Gives a hand (4)
23 Erelong (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0447: Across: 7 Canada, 8 Inaner, 9 Bias, 10 Passover, 11 Albi, 12 Moonbeam, 14 Bethesda, 16 Rome, 18 Disciple, 21 Agra, 22 Godiva, 23 Ararat. Down: 1 Daniel, 2 Tarshish, 3 Warp, 4 Diaspora, 5 Capo, 6 Peseta, 12 Misspeak, 13 Barnabas, 15 Edison, 17 Miriam, 19 Cain, 20 Esau.
Quick answers to No 0447: Across: 6 Aurora, 7 Elymas, 8 Papa, 9 Chaldean, 10 Arch, 11 Ancletus, 13 Quandary, 15 Inch, 17 Thyatira, 20 Slav, 21 Solace, 22 Soirée. Down: 1 Au pair, 2 Jonathan, 3 Talc, 4 Dyed, 5 Xanadu, 7 Eparchy, 11 Avarice, 12 Eliashib, 14 Unhook, 16 Chalet, 18 Anak, 19 Apse.
Crossword winners
Winners (0446 Cryptic): Marie Drake, Chorley; Anselm Fidgeon, Wicklow Town, Ireland
Winners (0446 Quick): PM Cates, Asfordby; Mrs A Firth, Snettisham
Sudoku 0448
Solution 0447
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