Cryptic across
5 French author died in Thebes, he discovered (6)
7 Fix Liza with soldier, getting on board to see the pyramids here (2,4)
9 Badly desire coach to see (11)
10 Sikh’s place head of state visited after a title India bestowed (8)
12 Ivory trade item Brexit chap so named (4)
13 Very pleased with one’s clogs, looking back (4)
15 Greek hero like 5 put ice in drinks (8)
17 Warn audibly one of the greatest practitioners in the art of cricket? (4,7)
19 British C-in-C in Egypt’s title risk is small (6)
20 Little boy’s restrained by a small number in agreement (6)
Cryptic down
1 Prophet found this morning beneath Welsh lake (6)
2 Took advantage of Peru’s education content (4)
3 Pray at school endlessly to go up to Dublin – euphemistically, to God (8)
4 Detectives with book of maps found advanced group of natives (6)
6 Flier maybe insulting to a girl of the 60s (11)
8 Plastering a building is a feature of the Mid West (5,6)
11 One holds a knife to a flipping boring rat sitting above (8)
14 Ancient law of marbles laid down by Greeks (6)
16 English journalist initially identified biblical site where David once hid (6)
18 Tries to win pig over with love injection (4)
Quick across
5 In Norse mythology, abode of the twelve gods and twenty-six goddesses (6)
7 Zoroastrian holy scriptures (6)
9 Seleucid emperor informally called ‘Nicator’ (either spelling) (9,2)
10 One of Solomon’s officials – the one in charge of forced labour (8)
12 Lillian ---- (1893-1993), Hollywood actress of both silent and talkie movies (4)
13 Father of 10 (4)
15 Towers of a mosque from which the call to prayer is given (8)
17 Biblical reference in gen-
eral use meaning the causing of trouble or creating an uproar (7,4)
19 Under the old rules of golf, where one ball’s path to the hole is impeded by another (6)
20 Free; remove the shackles (6)
Quick down
1 Philistine town where the stolen Ark of the Covenant was kept (6)
2 Modify; trim to fit (4)
3 Lucky charm (8)
4 Members of a Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno (6)
6 17th century theology that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (11)
8 The former DDR (4,7)
11 In the Brexit debates, one who chooses to stay in the EU (8)
14 Through repetition; using mechanical memory or performance with no regard to the meaning (2,4)
16 Hebrew scriptures which consist of the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings (6)
18 Ancient region of Europe made up of France, Belgium and Holland, and parts of Italy and Germany (4)
Entries to Crossword 0620, The Catholic Herald, Herald House, Lamb’s Passage, Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TQ or email editorial@ch.rd0.co.uk (Answers in by November 27)
Cryptic answers to No 0619
Across: 3 Philippians, 7 Kidron, 8 Mishit, 9 Icon, 11 Turin, 13 Thane, 14 Malo, 16 Angola, 17 Rector, 19 Stipendiary.
Down: 1 Bier, 2 Caesarea, 3 Philistines, 4 Iona, 5 Psmith, 6 Scientology, 10 Oratorio, 12 Hecate, 15 Arad, 18 Char.
Quick answers to No 0619
Across: 3 Erastianism, 7 Jerome, 8 Proust, 9 Leto, 11 Ariel, 13 Sarah, 14 Levi, 16 Gideon, 17 Edmund, 19 Greenmantle.
Down: 1 Cato, 2 Minorite, 3 Everlasting, 4 Them, 5 Alphas, 6 Misalliance, 10 Turgenev, 12 Chinon, 15 Veda, 18 Metz.
Winners (0618 Cryptic)
Margaret MacMillan, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae; Fr A Dearman, Prestwich, Greater Manchester
Winners (0618 Quick)
David and Theresa O’Neill, Newcastle Upon Tyne; Fr Nicholas Paxton, Manchester.
