Cryptic across
1 Joiner of clubs and writer, Carter somehow gets about (9)
6 Silence found on the edge of tundra wood (3)
9 Girl, Nancy, is settled in here in France (8)
10 Blunder losing front part of the church (4)
11 Great animation when two degrees and icy to begin with... (5)
12 ...on bike, about to reap the whirlwind (7)
14 Very fast stretch of water... (6)
16 ...away from the mouth see river bearing away from trees (6)
18 Unorthodox Eric and the... (7)
20 ...study of French (?)... (5)
23 ...instrument in and around St Andrews (4)
24 In favour of action: words are for a book (8)
25 Rock steady after opening of Spanish knavish action (3)
26 Pasta’s about a mixture of Latin and other influences, they say (9)
Cryptic down
2 A halo maybe welcome in the Pacific (5)
3 Fit to take on average one of 24, perhaps (7)
4 Leaving Ulster, saint turned up somewhere in Galilee – that’s miraculous (4)
5 The moral protagonist is in us all? (8)
7 Daniel saved her Esther’s place, and the girl’s upset (7)
8 Jezebel’s idol is sheepish-sounding on line? (4)
13 Odd call to leave Palaeolithic fragments here in Africa (8)
15 Wife-to-be Liskeard residents form a column (7)
17 Constantly working having no leader in April, maybe creates self-confidence (2,3,2)
19 Perfect place to see an anteater, avoiding the gallery (4)
21 First class name elevated a place in the Gulf (5)
22 Artist’s pizzazz attracts a positive response from the Chelsea set (4)
Quick across
1 Son of Gideon, by a concubine, who murdered 70 step-brothers (9)
6 Detachable container (3)
9 Instalment of a printed work: bundle of stalks, etc (bot) (8)
10 Generic term for medium-sweet Rhenish white wine (4)
11 Cause to appear in a new form (5)
12 Roman god of wine, the equivalent of Dionysus (7)
14 Idolize (6)
16 English cathedral city, Roman Isca (6)
18 Greek goddess of fertility, the equivalent of Ceres (7)
20 Time period at work: move (5)
23 Resort and main airport of Portugal’s Algarve region (4)
24 First metal-hulled warship (8)
25 Antlered animal (3)
26 Leader of the priests of Nob, slaughtered along with the whole town by Saul (9)
Quick down
2 Steady: pair (5)
3 Large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation (7)
4 Good fortune (4)
5 NT port on the coast of Palestine (8)
7 Block up: converge, as with warm and cold fronts in meteorology (7)
8 Fashionable (4)
13 King of Judah, son of Ahaz and contemporary of Isaiah (8) 15 Make visual contact (7)
17 Honourable; morally right (7)
19 Land of the people of Esau (4)
21 Former European currency (5)
22 Average; yardstick (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0474: Across: 7 Jerome, 8 Arabah, 9 Dali, 10 Abinadab, 11 Michael, 12 Ascot, 15 Oscar, 17 Bedevil, 20 Gabrieli, 22 Sumo, 23 Ends up, 24 Deejay. Down: 1 Denarius, 2 Polish, 3 Bezalel, 4 Vapid, 5 Naiads, 6 Gaza, 13 Opium War, 14 Megiddo, 16 At risk, 18 Easter, 19 Tempo, 21 Anna.
Quick answers to No 0474: Across: 7 Arbour, 8 Rutted, 9 Bows, 10 Naphtali, 11 Antipas, 12 Sheba, 15 Argob, 17 Clemens, 20 Bithynia, 22 Raft, 23 Relate, 24 Alsace. Down: 1 Brookner, 2 Bonsai, 3 Brendan, 4 Wraps, 5 Stitch, 6 Deal, 13 Boniface, 14 Eleazar, 16 Ophrah, 18 Morass, 19 Index, 21 Idea.
Crossword winners
Winners (0473 Cryptic): Liam Ó Briain, Prestwich; Mrs R Grafftey-Smith, Rodbourne.
Winners (0473 Quick): Margaret Macmillan, Isle of Cumbrae; Canon R Dwyer, Weston-super-Mare.
Sudoku 0475
Solution 0474
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Answers in by February 1
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