Cryptic across
1 Evil man, the cursed sailor’s most wicked to come back (7)
5 When in Paris I discover the Lord (5)
8 Idle head’s gone to get fashionable bio-weapon (5)
9 Trying to be difficult (7)
10 Move against female martyr (7)
11 Object to Asian setting off a kind of bomb, the Philistine (5) 13 Bitch: that is, a forward girl (6)
15 Animal’s distress after attack (6)
18 Piece to sing over in Bishopsgate tomorrow (5)
20 Aggressor depicted in Star Wars character (7)
22 Judge involved DA in Horeb murders (7)
23 Ode with endless words (5)
24 Is this emblematic of Native Americans? (5)
25 Expensive sort of card found in a weapon (7)
Cryptic down
1 James’ rule when translating the Bible for Catholics... (9)
2 ...focus, and I’m not to get into the incredibly minuscule (7)
3 Genetic code covered up a link to husband and wife in Genesis (5)
4 Study of the grass snake around northernmost Tribeca, New York (6)
5 Catholics whose use of computers gets under the skin of 5 Ac (7)
6 Part with wife, in short (5)
7 Depression in US, fuel is going up (3)
12 Sick on icy rum plying the Aegean coast, according to Romans (9)
14 Makeshift termini? (7)
16 Here, little country girls listen (7)
17 Protected interests in deep South (6)
19 Jew regaining sight is an apocryphal tale, they protested (5)
21 Acceptable to be patient when not in (5)
22 Spot E Morse? (3)
Quick across
1 Alternative name for Dorcas, the woman raised from the dead by Peter (7)
5 Witch’s place in 1 Samuel (2-3)
8 Central Italian town where the Allies established a beachhead in WWII (5)
9 (Look at) suspiciously, with disfavour (7)
10 See 20
11 European who has made his fortune out East (5)
13 Shoe hole for lacing (6)
15 Major city of SW Iran, arguably from which is derived the wine grape the French call syrah (6)
18 Japanese dish of rice, vegetables and fish (5)
20/10 Sir Walter Scott’s first continental Europe-based adventure (1823) (7,7)
22 Quality of being fair (7)
23 Welsh breed of long-bodied, short-legged dogs (5)
24 Ointment for wounds (5)
25 Realm: a major category of biological classification (7)
Quick down
1 One of the disciples named in Matthew and Mark who may be Judas or Jude (UK Eng spelling) (9)
2 Grotesque, very odd, over-the-top (7)
3 One of the Greek names for a semi-legendary city the Romans called Ilium (5)
4 Honours: grants (6)
5 Father of Samuel (7)
6 Brightest star in Cygnus (5)
7 Historic Sussex town, a cinque port now two miles inland (3)
12 Former Greek colony, with a name change in 330 and again after 1928 (9)
14 Large building: complex organization (7)
16 Went to bed (7)
17 Noise made by some birds and small rodents (6)
19 Rope-making fibre originating in Mexico (5)
21 Former jailbird (2-3)
22 Sauce made from meat juices (Fr) (3)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0475: Across: 1 Carpenter, 6 Ash, 9 Lorraine, 10 Apse, 11 Bambi, 12 Cyclone, 14 Solent, 16 Aboral, 18 Heretic, 20 Etude, 23 Fife, 24 Proverbs, 25 Ska, 26 Macaronic. Down: 2 Aloha, 3 Parable, 4 Nain, 5 Everyman, 7 Susanna, 8 Baal, 13 Ethiopia, 15 Obelisk, 17 On the go, 19 Eden, 21 Dubai, 22 Goya.
Quick answers to No 0475: Across: 1 Abimelech, 6 Pod, 9 Fascicle, 10 Hock, 11 Renew, 12 Bacchus, 14 Revere, 16 Exeter, 18 Demeter, 20 Shift, 23 Faro, 24 Ironclad, 25 Elk, 26 Ahimelech. Down: 2 Brace, 3 Machete, 4 Luck, 5 Caesarea, 7 Occlude, 8 Chic, 13 Hezekiah, 15 Eyeball, 17 Ethical, 19 Edom, 21 Franc, 22 Norm.
Crossword winners
Winners (0474 Cryptic): David Moyes, Darlington; Anselm Fidgeon, Wicklow Town.
Winners (0474 Quick): Dimitri Donnelly, Co. Down; M and T Taylor, Sheffield.
Sudoku 0476
Solution 0475
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Answers in by February 8
