Cryptic across
7 Are you able to change character finally and pass? (6)
8 Journalist left speechless over drain on rainforest land (6)
9 Sherry’s heading to France, initially not oloroso (4)
10 Mass in African country is for Joseph’s brother (8)
12 Warm up chicken? Philistine! (7)
14 Salty result of injecting cheese with nitrogen (5)
16 Draw from crossword setter’s primary current account after review (5)
19 Lizzie, one that’s going to New York, is here, near Jerusalem (7)
22 Letters to the KJV? (8)
25 Experiments made here about bringing back a god (4)
26 A Judas, traitor almost, infiltrating Noah’s new place (6)
27 Barnet, where the PM ignored the Queen (6)
Cryptic down
1 Defile cool acid house party going round (6)
2 Some Gospels are fishy, not spicy (8)
3 Permit for the old Street character to remain, with rascal in the end being allowed in (6)
4 Nabal’s home with mother’s leg (4)
5 25 used a place in Wales... (4)
6 ... unfortunately Poona fell short – it’s about being into drink (6)
11 Sail to a gem in France. Nice, or not, heading north (3)
13 Catch red-handed overturning bar (3)
15 Tramp through many pages, finding a lot of bubbly stuff (8)
17 What flower-wreathed headstone’s saying about to die? (6)
18 Appear as one out of an NT book (3)
20 Fake king’s set on throne before an unknown (6)
21 Suggestion one in orders introduces one in church (6)
23 Balkan originally from south-east Romania or Bulgaria (4)
24 Dowland’s instrument, one lacking forte (4)
Quick across
7 Advocate (6)
8 Infamous French guided missile used by Argentina in the Falklands War (6)
9 Popularly, a classical music concert where much of the audience stand or walk about (4)
10 Daughter of Jethro (8)
12 Hebrew version of the Greek Apollyon (7)
14 OT book named after an exiled Jew in Nineveh who was accidentally blinded (5)
16/19 Archetypal vampire of gothic fiction (5,7)
22 Pork delicacies: horses trained for harness racing (8)
25 In basketball, flop shot from directly above the hoop; dip in liquid (4)
26 Exorbitant money lender (6)
27 ------ Head: northernmost point of mainland Britain (6)
Quick down
1 Capital of Croatia (6)
2 Follower who carries out orders without question (from the Greek warrior race loyal to Achilles) (8)
3 Tuscan city, one of the Etruscan Dodecapolis; patron saint, Donatus (6)
4 Abyss (4)
5 Extinct bird of Mauritius (4)
6 Son of Levi (6)
11 Well-rehearsed (3)
13 Silent assent (3)
15 The West (8)
17 Charge (6)
18 Dram (3)
20 Live in permanently (6)
21 Surgeon’s tool (6)
23 Phoenician trading centre, much in the Bible (4)
24 Kati Thanda, indigenous name for Australia’s largest, albeit seasonal, lake and lowest point (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0498: Across: 5 Bartholomew, 7 Pied, 8 Euphoria, 9 Jerome, 11 Shinto, 12 Naseby, 15 Brecht, 17 Potiphar, 18 Axle, 19 Deuteronomy. Down: 1 Arad, 2 Phoebe, 3 Clopas, 4 Ammonite, 5 Baize, 6 Wrist, 10 Onesimus, 13 Avoid, 14 Yahweh, 15 Barrow, 16 Haley, 18 Amos.
Quick answers to No 0498: Across: 5 Babylonians, 7 Racy, 8 Herodias, 9 Teapot, 11 Encode, 12 Let rip, 15 Maacah, 17 Winifred, 18 Slim, 19 Benediction. Down: 1 Obey, 2 Old-hat, 3 Untrue, 4 Laodicea, 5 Brace, 6 Scald, 10 Persians, 13 Eliab, 14 Parade, 15 Medico, 16 Alien, 18 Soil.
Crossword winners
Winners (0497 Cryptic): Dr Gregory Porilo, London SW17; PG Livesey, Canterbury, Kent
Winners (0497 Quick): Ursula Donnelly, Waringstown, Co Down; TJ Monaghan, Glasgow
Sudoku 0499
Solution 0498
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