Cryptic across
5 Place in Colorado for Vicar Edward to retreat (6)
7 Was Blues’ chairman more roguish? (6)
9 He who helped kill Sennacherib badly harmed camel (11)
10 Religious type – one in York, for example (8)
12 Kind of vow I make to hitch to port to see A-lister (4)
13 Amorous, heady and beautiful in the beginning – that’s the other half of Jezebel (4)
15 Perhaps ‘Ring Isle’ is where to discover Das Rheingold, wet or dry? (8)
17 Cargo ship siren’s counterpart smothers refrain... (11)
19 ...he wrote to support warship (6)
20 PM, at one time sober, gets immersed in drink and drugs (6)
Cryptic down
1 Levi’s boy’s of former aristocratic stock (6)
2 After top pop opener it’s a middle-of-the-road retro concert (4)
3 Odd-sounding body of water to promote in America (4,4)
4 Moses’ father-in-law, according to the KJV, has little time to fill black hole (6)
6 Announcin’, approachin’ dawn, an event in Bethlehem? (6,5)
8 Restraint required after direct action’s needed to stop further spending (6,5)
11 Where Jonah went with Jack to get a kind of kebab (8)
14 Dude, house decoration interior’s finally wrapped up (6)
16 Edict capping number of bets made (6)
18 Bread articles are preposterous (4)
Quick across
5 One the ‘historical’ books of the OT (6)
7 Brightest star in the Aquila constellation (6)
9 Of a monastic order whose members included Martin Luther (11)
10 Cypriot missionary, with Paul, commissioned by the church at Antioch (8)
12 ---- of Court: London law school which has the exclusive right to call candidates to the English bar (4)
13 Wheeze; rip-off (4)
15 Of a vehicle passing fit for
the road (8)
17 Fortification built before World War II to protect France’s eastern border (7,4)
19 Flirtatious girl: small firework (6)
20 Land east of the Mediterranean whose peoples were overthrown by the Israelites (6)
Quick down
1 Southern 20 at the time of Christ (6)
2 The R Thames’ alternative name through Oxford (4)
3 King of the Persian Empire at the time of Nehemiah, sometimes called ‘Nothos’ (6,2)
4 Filet ------, small tender beef steak from the inner loin (6)
6 In Revelation, after a reference in Ezekiel, those who oppose the rule of Christ (3,3,5)
8 Member of an RC order founded in 1198 now devoted to pastoral work; Mathurin (11)
11 Frivolous banter; raillery (8)
14 Of or relating to Wales, its people or their language (6)
16 Lateral drift; wiggle room (6)
18 Filled tortilla roll or shell (4)
Entries to Crossword 0573,
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London EC1Y 8TQ or email
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(Answers in by December 28)
Cryptic answers to No 0572
Across: 5 Esarhaddon, 7 Daniel, 8 Massah, 9 Geba, 11 Premiere, 13 Ocho Rios, 14 Emma, 15 Indies, 17 Boring, 19 Cartouches.
Down: 1 Kali, 2 Philippi, 3 Edom, 4 Lot’s wife, 5 Evanescent, 6 Sacraments, 10 Adoniram, 12 Eusebius, 16 Seth, 18 Ruhr.
Quick answers to No 0572
Across: 5 Antipatris, 7 Clam up, 8 Dishon, 9 Paul, 11 Rag weeks, 13 Black Sea, 14 Gift, 15 Swoons, 17 Stride, 19 Gibeonites.
Down: 1 Atom, 2 Epaphras, 3 Stud, 4 Ginsberg, 5 All-hallows, 6 Book of Odes, 10 Lycaonia, 12 Gray’s Inn, 16 Shem, 18 Rite.
Winners (0571 Cryptic) Anselm Figeon, Wicklow Town, Ireland; Fr A Dearman, Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
Winners (0571 Quick) Ian and Susan Kelly, Harrow, Middlesex; TJ Monaghan, Glasgow.
