Cryptic across
1 Harry’s arrest is a choker for the clerical worker (3,6)
7 Arrived from Sodom, he visited first the royal court (7)
8 Hammer needed to remove river grit (5)
9 Resting place little marsupial needs, by the way (5)
10 Almost beam in the wake of Fitzgerald’s retrospective for composer (7)
11 Curl, after starting left, into goal (3)
13 Assyrian capital’s old town’s a beast to find going west (5)
15 Ailing state, it is as written (3)
16 One who’s beatified is one adored at heart (7)
18 Official Egyptian wood imports to Persia’s limited (5)
20 Act of Canute, the first trapped by the turning tide (5)
21 Support the British Worker in the environs of Brussels (7)
22 With last banal tricks he tried to stop Jerusalem’s rebuilding (9)
Cryptic down
1 Doctor is among a couple to see ‘an elephant fly’ (5)
2 Where Paul wrote when almost dead, nursed by Earth mother (7)
3 Decide to get a drink – viewer’s not in charge (3)
4 Bootleg album contains material that’s authorized (5)
5 Plunderings of the Revised Version one admitted over a long period (7)
6 Can a plinth be made for Hildegarde’s work... (10)
7 ...after playing of miracle set for the Brothers? (10)
10 Passage to American Samoa, for instance (5)
12 Stage that’s set initially for a flower show (7)
14 Rachel’s sister’s taken up hip-hop to promote a Renaissance Man (7)
17 Recurringly, like a decimal fraction (5)
19 Evidence of blaxploitation’s quietly suppressed to trap the foremost among filmmakers (5)
21 Bishop’s only argument cardinals stole (3)
Quick across
1 Priest of Nob, killed by Saul for helping David (9)
7 Cores out, excavates (7)
8 Sect of Islam (5)
9 Ravioli or tagliatelle, for instance (5)
10 Capable of meeting financial obligations (7)
11 Cobbler’s tool (3)
13 Little rascal (5)
15 White wine and cassis aperitif (3)
16 In one group (2,5)
18 Island in the Bay of Naples renowned for its beauty (5)
20 Indian system of social segregation (5)
21 Kind of movie theatre or fast food restaurant (5-2)
22 One adhering to the views of John Wesley (9)
Quick down
1 Book of maps... (5)
2 ...and lines linking places of equal atmospheric pressure on some maps (7)
3 Dash lengths: River of NW Germany (3)
4 Chart or board holder (5)
5 Browbeat (7)
6 Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence (10)
7 First seven books of the Bible (10)
10 Torrent; rush (5)
12 Single sum of money offered/taken in lieu of other emoluments (4,3)
14 Composer who wrote the Messa di Gloria (1820), Stabat Mater (1842) and Petite Messe Solennelle (1863) (7)
17 Surgical tube supporting, even acting as, a blood vessel in surgical procedures (5)
19 Fold pressed into a garment (5)
21 Morecambe and Wise, Simon and Garfunkel, Batman and Robin, for example (3)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0464: Across: 1 Nicene Creed, 9 No-hoper, 10 Corgi, 11 Large, 12 Customs, 13 Clause, 15 As well, 18 Nitrate, 20 Argot, 22 Synod, 23 Oregano, 24 Paternoster. Down: 2 Ichor, 3 Express, 4 Enrich, 5 Racks, 6 Earlobe, 7 Anglicanism, 8 Dissolution, 14 Antenna, 16 Sea legs, 17 Heroin, 19 Addle, 21 Grape.
Quick answers to No 0464: Across: 1 Burning bush, 9 Aquinas, 10 Abase, 11 Tramp, 12 Lunette, 13 Osprey, 15 Iberia, 18 Octagon, 20 Iraqi, 22 Evoke, 23 Elation, 24 Internuncio. Down: 2 Uvula, 3 Nonuple, 4 Nestle, 5 Brawn, 6 Shatter, 7 Bartholomew, 8 Revelations, 14 Put-down, 16 Britain, 17 Intern, 19 Glebe, 21 Alibi.
Crossword winners
Winners (0463 Cryptic): Liam Ó Briain, Manchester; Margaret MacMillan, Isle of Cumbrae.
Winners (0463 Quick): Fr Nicholas Paxton, Manchester; PM Cates, Asfordby.
Sudoku 0465
Solution 0464
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