Cryptic across
5 Licentious nature of the monasteries in the 16th century? (11)
7 Dairy produce one finds in buffet area (4)
8 Dig in about the defence of WWI (8)
9 He wrote masses about drugs in Ethics (7)
11 Poke around firm in Israel (5)
13 Poles, running around court, faint (5)
14 God, Harry’s on parade (7)
16 In collusion with chap turning into marina suspiciously (3,2,3)
17 Secure opponent in wrestling hold 16, with this? (4)
18 It reflects sadly, having a go at Mum in Rome (6,5)
Cryptic down
1 Arcade in the central area is the high point of old Exeter (4)
2 Game Muslim female (7)
3 Arrested spread of urban area in Montana (5)
4 Late rally put together from this side and that? (8)
5 Regular fare Luther couldn’t stomach? (4,2,5)
6 Wizard Cranmer once employed (11)
10 He’s made head of forced labour, rebel Spaniard, first thing in the morning (8)
12 Mother puts on muscles going to Turkish baths... (7)
15 ...Ishmael’s mum – a right old crone, for starters (5)
17 It’s plucked, this instrument, but not loudly (4)
Quick across
5 Clan leader in Benjamin, son of Shashak (11)
7 Jason’s ship on his quest for the Golden Fleece (4)
8 Sorcery; necromancy (5,3)
9 In art, the laying on of paint in a thick texture (7)
11 Amorite city name named after one of Reuben’s tribe (5)
13 One early OT name for Jerusalem (5)
14 Last great sea battle involving oar-power, in 1571 (7)
16 Jew who is of Spanish, Portuguese or North African descent (8)
17 King of Judah after Manasseh and before Josiah (4)
18 Sacred writings of Judaism, comprising the Torah, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa (6,5)
Quick down
1 ---- Klemperer (1885-1973) famed conductor of Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler (4)
2 William ------- (1763–1835), English writer and political
reformer (7)
3 Dionysus’ son by Ariadne (5)
4 Capital of Indonesia (8)
5 Deity of Sepharvites in Samaria and a son of Sennacherib of the same name (11)
6 Celebration of the gathering of a ripened crop (7,4)
10 Largest of the seven Gulf Emirates, and its capital (3,5)
12 1970 documentary which earned an Oscar for the Beatles’ Song Score (3,2,2)
15 A place near the mouth of the Rhone, a French location for many synods (5)
17 Early pulpit (4)
Entries to Crossword 0608, The Catholic Herald, Herald House, Lamb’s Passage, Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TQ or email editorial@ch.rd0.co.uk (Answers in by September 4)
Cryptic answers to No 0607
Across: 7 Pilate, 8 Icarus, 9 Isis, 10 Hittites, 11 Lorelei, 12 Nerdy, 15 Tamar, 17 Jockeys, 20 Matthias, 22 Nero, 23 Urania, 24 Ibleam.
Down: 1 Diaspora, 2 Parsee, 3 Bethuel, 4 Dicta, 5 Hamite, 6 Bute, 13 Daybreak, 14 Corsair, 16 Astana, 18 Kenelm, 19 Silas, 21 Agra.
Quick answers to No 0607
Across: 7 Maacah, 8 Asimov, 9 Maul, 10 Elamites, 11 Bezalel, 12 Incan, 15 Balak, 17 Damaris, 20 Damascus, 22 Akan, 23 Fatima, 24 Agatha.
Down: 1 Pasadena, 2 Scylla, 3 Wheezes, 4 Barak, 5 Midian, 6 Dove, 13 Ali Pasha, 14 Capstan, 16 Acadia, 18 Arabah, 19 Achan, 21 Adah.
Winners (0606 Cryptic) Marie Drake, Chorley, Lancashire; Gregory Porilo, London SW17.
Winners (0606 Quick) Fr Nicholas Paxton, Didsbury, Greater Manchester; Ian & Susan Kelly, Harrow, Middlesex.
