Cryptic across
6 Talk about a lengthy narrative (4)
7 Greeks after Menelaus’ loss, left out body to rest (8)
8 NT letter addressed here is, in place of pen, verbally delivered (12)
9 One jumps on the subject of a Japanese city in recession (6)
11 Biblical character’s zealous daughter gets promoted (5)
13 Last among all Iceni warriors, aka Bob, returned a saint (5)
15 Rubbish digs, 50% off, where Paul went (6)
18 Lord’s recruiting spiel for those angling for something different? (7,2,3)
20 Paul landed here when open sail ripped (8)
21 Naval operative involved in Southsea landings (4)
Cryptic down
1 Blasphemous priest oddly texted you after footnote involving a heroin run (6)
2 Spirit created without a laboratory checking (4)
3 In a mischievous way follows sister largely, twice in the extreme (5)
4 Note downfall’s hard to swallow for the PM (3,5)
5 Levi’s product Frenchman promoted, without, note, a fast car right away (6)
7 Rock flower seen in Manhattan (6)
10 Deuel’s son seeing priest over a psalmist, some say (8)
12 City of St Paul, American base for seafarers (6)
14 Welsh singer French retained for pious king (6)
16 Tamar’s lad’s quietly flourishing, in retrospect (6)
17 Dwell safely, living within an old diocese (5)
19 Drop a line: it’s a token of Christianity (4)
Quick across
6 Low-pitched brass instrument (4)
7 Three Kings Day... (8)
8 ...and one of the gifts they bore (12)
9 Mohandas Karamchand -----, independence leader whose nickname means ‘Great Soul’ (6)
11 Musical composition associated with composers like Chopin and Debussy (5)
13 North Dakota’s largest city: Best Actress Oscar-winner for Frances McDormand (1996) (5)
15 New: remaining unemployed (6)
18 Christ’s passage through death to life; giver of hope for Christians at the end of time (12)
20 Euphemism for the early-to-mid Medieval period (4,4)
21 Disreputable or untidy woman, derived from a word for a Dutch woman (4)
Quick down
1 Nomadic Berber of the Sahara (6)
2 Satyr-like deity (4)
3 Enchantress of Homer’s
The Odyssey (5)
4 Greek god of death (8)
5 Ghost, vampire, etc (6)
7 Priest who cured Naaman of his leprosy (6)
10 Second Japanese city to be hit by an atomic bomb (1945) (8)
12 Socialist (1820-1895) who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (6)
14 ----- IV, the only English pope (Nicholas Breakspear) (6)
16 In 1950s New York, a gospel-influenced musical genre (usually a cappella) of multi-part vocal harmonies (3-3)
17 Second of the ten plagues of Egypt (5)
19 William Howard ---- (1857-1930), 27th US President (1909-1913) (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0556: Across: 5 Merab, 6 Indus, 8 Identical twin, 9 Alberta, 10 Upend, 13 Emote, 14 Nabokov, 16 Greek Orthodox, 18 Hosea, 19 Ivory. Down: 1 Transept, 2 Obviate, 3 Aidan, 4 Adit, 5 Middlemarch, 7 Scientology, 11 Protozoa, 12 Parthia, 15 Roman, 17 Erse.
Quick answers to No 0556: Across: 5 Sheep, 6 Therm, 8 Eastern Church, 9 Amharic, 10 Credo, 13 Snake, 14 The Fens, 16 Islas Malvinas, 18 Rondo, 19 Minos. Down: 1 West Bank, 2 Ephraim, 3 Utica, 4 Jehu, 5 Shalmaneser, 7 Macedonians, 11 Ruffians, 12 The Lamb, 15 Amnon, 17 Anna.
Crossword winners
Winners (0555 Cryptic): Margaret MacMillan, Millport, Isle of Cambrae; Abe Zolver, Glasgow.
Winners (0555 Quick): Michael Campbell, Glasgow; Anne Smith, Walsall, West Midlands.
Sudoku 0557
Solution 0556
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