Cryptic across
5 Disastrous blow to harem seeing an apostle (11)
7 Sanctimonious press man’s patchily colourful (4)
8 Joy’s transport? (8)
9 Judge is disheartened, meeting with Vatican scholar (6)
11 Piece of beef, leg joint, trimmed in the Japanese tradition (6)
12 Parliamentary victory when Lord Coe is taken in by one of the opposition (6)
15 He wrote number about leaving Welsh town, a vacuous hit (6)
17 With Gestapo tip hardliner exposes an Egyptian official (8)
18 Rod with line is put into sack (4)
19 Book one more duty to perform (11)
Cryptic down
1 A highway takes out roundabout entering a Canaanite city (4)
2 Woman known by Paul, sounds like hard worker after money (6)
3 Jesus’ uncle originally cast light on Paul and Simon (6)
4 Fossil one found in Rabbah... (8)
5 ...they say felt like cloth? (5)
6 Card game’s not hard to get right in this joint (5)
10 Slave to singles music – almost crazy (8)
13 Circumvent a crevasse (5)
14 You and I run between hospitals in support of Chelsea’s positive statement (6)
15 Fracas behind pub in Cumbrian town (6)
16 Bill rocked hard by drink over the years (5)
18 Book before lunch, getting so retro (4)
Quick across
5 Inhabitants of an OT empire from c 612 BC until 10 took its capital in 539 BC (11)
7 Suggestive (4)
8 Wife of Herod Antipas (the Tetrarch) (8)
9 Kind of bag holder? (6)
11 Make secret (6)
12 Talk rapidly and angrily (3,3)
15 Common OT name: mother of King Abijam, being one (6)
17 Legendary 7th century British saint (Welsh: Gwenffrwi); patron saint of North Wales (8)
18 Svelte (4)
19 Act of praying for divine protection (11)
Quick down
1 Follow orders (4)
2 Out-of-date (3-3)
3 False, fabricated (6)
4 Rich city of W Asia; one of the seven churches in Revelation (8)
5 Steady: pair (5)
6 Burn with water (5)
10 Their empire conquered Media in the 7th century BC; finally defeated by Alexander in the 4th century BC (8)
13 David’s brother, Jesse’s eldest son (5)
14 Procession of bands and floats (6)
15 Slang for doctor (6)
16 Exotic stranger (5)
18 Earth surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0497: Across: 5 Reverence, 8 Levi, 9 Waratahs, 10 Hexapla, 11 Chile, 13 Frome, 15 Ski jump, 18 Cuthbert, 19 Crag, 20 Beersheba. Down: 1 Hegira, 2 Beowulf, 3 Petra, 4 Scotch, 6 Demetrius, 7 Shelemiah, 12 Sketchy, 14 Mahler, 16 Jacobi, 17 Genre.
Quick answers to No 0497: Across: 5 Satanical, 8 Oslo, 9 Adonijah, 10 Calamus, 11 Lethe, 13 Wilde, 15 Timothy, 18 Holy Week, 19 Elba, 20 Bethsaida. Down: 1 Pagoda, 2 Lazarus, 3 Dijon, 4 Racine, 6 Asia Minor, 7 Bathsheba, 12 Hilkiah, 14 Dryden, 16 Overdo, 17 Necho.
Crossword winners
Winners (0496 Cryptic): Marie Drake, Chorley, Lancashire; Fr Peter Baldwin, London SW20
Winners (0496 Quick): Carmel Carlin, Bangor, Co Down; Anselm Figeon, Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow
Sudoku 0498
Solution 0497
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EC1Y 8TQ
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