Cryptic across
7 Judge soldier missing on the front in this theatre (6)
8 Come to a party with indefinite number attending (6)
9 They believe it’s hot west of the river in India (6)
10 Animated feature with fur flying, in high definition... (6)
11 ...Peter Pan? Girl contracted to direct (of course!) (4)
12 Do a crime that’s convoluted in relation to an OT book lady (8)
14 City Paul wrote to after depression to make huge sea change (8)
17 It means nothing to Americans visiting the high place where David hid from Saul (4)
19 How Life of Spiders may be shot? (6)
21 Mars opens up (6)
22 Outlandish Indian short clothing makes a comeback in old Chennai (6)
23 Sharp turn around roundabout to see a lighthouse that’s gone out (6)
Cryptic down
1 Macho four brought up to make one’s blood boil (6)
2 Some caramel deducted, got different bits to blend in (6)
3 Simone’s going off American slave (8)
4 Philistines champion refining of oil being banned from their city (4)
5 Key to covered shopping area Rex removed from front (6)
6 Classes Kelly informally gets at the St Andrews club (6)
13 Sibyl sent up inside joke – fits one up again (2-6)
15 Single: there’s no coming back with this system (3-3)
16 Happens cricket club initially, intrinsically, belongs to us (6)
17 Ford of old showing signs of predicting the future (6)
18 Take advantage of butcher Peron’s protection for years (4,2)
20 Inspirational goddess entertained, but not in modern times (4)
Quick across
7 Someone of Central or South American origin resident in the USA (6)
8 Brought up and cared for (a child) (6)
9 Fanciful ornamentation in the 4 within the French baroque (6)
10 Relative social or professional position (6)
11 Weaponry (4)
12 ‘Guide Me, O Thou Great --------’, in some traditions, the first line of the hymn Cwm Rhondda (8)
14 Persecutor of Jesus or the Christians from Matthew to Acts (8)
17 Apothecary’s weight: tot of Scotch (4)
19 Loot (6)
21 Inhabitant of one of the Balearic islands (6)
22 Acronym for US stock car racing’s governing body (6)
23 State of agitation (6)
Quick down
1 Steam: in an archaic plural form, feeling of faintness, panic or depression (6)
2 Associated with, or fond of, wine (6)
3 Town used throughout the Bible as a warning of God’s judgment (8)
4 Studies intended to provide intellectual skills: products of human creativity (4)
5 Desecrate (6)
6 Examine closely (6)
13 Follower, one of twelve chosen by Christ (8)
15 Attraction (6)
16 Each (6)
17 Delicate (6)
18 Flowering shrub, a subgenus of Rhododendron (6)
20 One of the Channel Islands (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0472: Across: 7 Chiton, 8 Ephron, 9 Abel, 10 Trappist, 11 Gabriel, 13 Balti, 15 Kendo, 17 Joinery, 20 Potiphar, 21 Ehud, 22 Duncan, 23 Amstel. Down: 1 Shebna, 2 Et al, 3 Knitted, 4 Merab, 5 Chaplain, 6 Dorset, 12 Redditch, 14 Boer War, 16 Exodus, 18 Reuben, 19 Thane, 21 Erse.
Quick answers to No 0472: Across: 7 Hannah, 8 Viewed, 9 Step, 10 Pekahiah, 11 Ramadan, 13 Shale, 15 Haven, 17 Brahmin, 20 Seraphim, 21 Aged, 22 Pinion, 23 Isobar. Down: 1 Martha, 2 Snip, 3 Shaphat, 4 Evoke, 5 Jephthah, 6 Recall, 12 Ave Maria, 14 Aramaic, 16 Acetic, 18 Ice-cap, 19 Chink, 21 Aloe.
Crossword winners
Winners (0471 Cryptic): Gregory Porilo, Upper Tooting; Sue Marsh, Tunbridge Wells.
Winners (0471 Quick): Deirdre Donnelly, Derry; Canon R Dwyer, Weston-super-Mare.
Sudoku 0473
Solution 0472
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