Cryptic across
7 Judge disheartened Vatican scholar (6)
8 Rahab, a misfit, the first to see the Jordan valley (6)
9 A boy’s back-to-front, he’s surreal (4)
10 Jack at home gets a nasty turn as the Ark is left with him (8)
11 Heavenly creature makes Leah flip on the road, the first out of Canaan
12 A tax on racing here (5)
15 One’s recognition may mean a limousine, perhaps? (5)
17 Worry, looking back, it’s not recorded one coming out (7)
20 Old composer, someone like 11, needs a number one (8)
22 Japanese looking for scraps of disco music to turn up (4)
23 Finishes take school from fourth position to first (4,2)
24 He’s a record holder in a tux, so to speak (6)
Cryptic down
1 Criminal ‘insured’ a little money (8)
2 Refine an Eastern European (6)
3 Tabernacle’s builder left over a chisel’s edge being round (7)
4 Against a depression that’s on the turn, it’s uninspiring (5)
5 Welshman’s back, a saint in Spain, covering up for mere spirits (6)
6 Watch details for a Philistine stronghold (4)
13 A rum POW I made in such a conflict (5,3)
14 Margaret’s name tag to go to gig and see Armageddon (7)
16 In trouble when star ignores two out of three directions (2,4)
18 Kind of feast that gave one wind in the old days (6)
19 Metre cut from totem poles (5)
21 Money old Indian found on the flanks of Annapurna (4)
Quick across
7 Framework that supports climbing plants (6)
8 Furrowed, as is a road or track by wheels (6)
9 Front section(s) of a ship (4)
10 Son of Jacob and Bilah (8)
11 Herod ------, aka the Tetrarch (7)
12 Benjaminite who rebelled against David (5)
15 Region under the governor Ben Geber (5)
17 Samuel Langhorne -------; aka Mark Twain (7)
20 Roman province of Asia Minor whose Christians were among the first to receive a letter from Peter (8)
22 Large number, amount,extent (of) (4)
23 Empathize; belong (6)
24 French wine region, famed for its Riesling and Pinot Gris (6)
Quick down
1 Anita --------, Booker Prize winner in 1984 with Hotel du Lac (8)
2 Dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub (6)
3 6th century Bishop of Confert, saint and navigator (7)
4 Sandwiches in which fillings are rolled up in soft tortillas (5)
5 Sharp spasm of pain in the side as a result of running (6)
6 Do business: serve out playing cards (4)
13 English-born ‘Apostle of Germany’ (8)
14 Third son of Aaron (7)
16 Town of the Abiezrites where Gideon was buried in the tomb of Joash, his father (6)
18 Mire; complicated, difficult or confused situation (6)
19 Numerical scale used to compare variables with one another (5)
21 Notion; concept (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0473: Across: 7 Gideon, 8 Awaken, 9 Hindus, 10 Heated, 11 Wend, 12 Mordecai, 14 Colossae, 17 Ziph, 19 Webcam, 21 Undoes,22 Madras, 23 Pharos. Down: 1 Virile, 2 Melded, 3 Onesimus, 4 Gath, 5 Facade, 6 Genera, 13 Re-equips, 15 One-way, 16 Occurs, 17 Zodiac, 18 Prey on, 20 Muse.
Quick answers to No 0473: Across: 7 Latino, 8 Reared, 9 Rococo, 10 Status, 11 Arms, 12 Redeemer, 14 Caiaphas, 17 Dram, 19 Spoils, 21 Ibizan, 22 NASCAR, 23 Lather. Down: 1 Vapour, 2 Vinous, 3 Gomorrah, 4 Arts, 5 Damage, 6 Peruse, 13 Disciple, 15 Appeal, 16 Apiece, 17 Dainty, 18 Azalea, 20 Sark.
Crossword winners
Winners (0472 Cryptic): Alan Norman, Impington; Fr A Dearman, Prestwich.
Winners (0472 Quick): Francis Beswick, Stretford; Peter Iveson, London NW2.
Sudoku 0474
Solution 0473
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