Cryptic across
1 Soldier to head up to region east of the R Jordan (6)
4 Amun’s place is almost unbeatable (6)
9 Short East India man reaches the Italian haven of 11 (2,5)
10 Little 6 makes to Number Ten in the Big Apple (5)
11 Classical work shows classical works! (5)
12 Levi’s issue ranger’s Honda concealed (7)
13 They forecast horses, say, to fall (11)
18 Sports car party hosts regularly pass over action taken here (7)
20 Pagan witchcraft in the West Indies to some capacity’s accepted (5)
22 River captain of old almost retired when navy took an interest in him (5)
23 Deerstalkers, even without fine lining, provide protection for lobe tips (7)
24 Tool for primarily shorter cuts, yet trims hedges easily (6)
25 Time of year boy’s surfing here starts (6)
Cryptic down
1 Mountain halfway to Gilead to a degree protects nothing (6)
2 Man, maybe, one to pursue line that’s material (5)
3 80s pop singer’s linked to the hard stuff (7)
5 Jael’s man takes the heart of 4 and runs (5)
6 Romeo’s in trouble; it’s a habit he’s got into (7)
7 A Times feature into those who inherited before 1066? (6)
8 SOS: gas areas exploded somewhere in the Atlantic (8,3)
14 Fabric of non-profit making website, and a name, Dudley’s banks support (7)
15 Wood, second person announced, at first makes a bow? (3,4)
16 Village close to where Jesus was seen is a point many many an American visited (6)
17 With no round showing above average scores, one gets a clerical job (6)
19 Leah’s girl, one, following current husband’s daughter, that’s superior (5)
21 What cowboys put on sores? (5)
Quick across
1 Retaliate (6)
4 Look up to (6)
9 Smallest of the four main islands of Japan, largest city Matsuyama (7)
10 Glassy volcanic rock (5)
11 Art of which St Cecilia is patron (5)
12 Steal the show (7)
13 Either of two books of the NT (11)
18 In Hinduism, one of the highest among the four varnas (7)
20 Columbia River’s major tributary: Chinese year (5)
22 Prickly spine found in certain bushes, or on a rose (5)
23 Nephew of David appearing in 1 Samuel (7)
24 Musical recurrent beat, pulse, drive (6)
25 Stick one’s nose in (6)
Quick down
1 Take for granted (6)
2 Gives forth (5)
3 Italian dumplings made of potato, flour or semolina (7)
5 Offloads (5)
6 Go deep into (7)
7 Implement to correct pencil errors (6)
8 Austin friar (11)
14 Public speaking: one of various congregations in the RC Church (7)
15 Fire up (7)
16 In passing; incidentally, by the way (Latin) (6)
17 Diminutive (6)
19 Lunar -----, period of 28 days (5)
21 Hymenopterous plant louse (5)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0489: Across: 1 Deeside, 5 Sihon, 8 Delilah, 9 Uniat, 10 Mopes, 11 Othniel, 12 Sherry, 14 Hymnal, 18 Cleopas, 20 Tamar, 21 Perga, 22 Chanson, 23 Idyll, 24 Liaison. Down: 1 Didymus, 2 Eclipse, 3 Isles, 4 Ephron, 5 Southey, 6 Haiti, 7 Natal, 13 Raphael, 15 Nemesis, 16 Lorgnon, 17 Eshcol, 18 Capri, 19 Early, 20 Tiara.
Quick answers to No 0489: Across: 1 Chaldea, 5 Priam, 8 Columba, 9 Lodes, 10 Organ, 11 Ulysses, 12 Shinar, 14 Banquo, 18 Requiem, 20 Aphid, 21 Erech, 22 Giselle, 23 Sunni, 24 Dunstan. Down: 1 Cyclops, 2 Allegri, 3 Damon, 4 Agabus, 5 Palmyra, 6 Indus, 7 Moses, 13 Abishai, 15 Qohelet, 16 Old bean, 17 Imaged, 18 Reeks, 19 Queen, 20 Arson.
Crossword winners
Winners (0488 Cryptic): Fr A Dearman, Prestwich; Alan Norman, Cambridge.
Winners (0488 Quick): TJ Monaghan, Glasgow; John Geary, Romford.
Sudoku 0490
Solution 0489
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