Cryptic across
5 Cutting hair first, we become Carmelites (11)
7 Is muse of magic lionized? (4)
8 Book airline to Hawaii in front of thousands of queuing British (8)
9 Jacob’s a king, on reflection (6)
11 Aircraft changes heading to see Henry working in the garden, perhaps (6)
12 Clique in Eastern Europe like to get out (6)
15 Where Absalom fled on the borders of Greece to quiet old city (6)
17 Battle of Britain, perhaps – con among cons? (8)
18 Boring, going round Rhode Island today (4)
19 See sacred echo I redid (11)
Cryptic down
1 Port of Spain’s topping Virgin Islands, going offshore (4)
2 Jacob dreamt of a ladder? Here’s a nut hard to crack (6)
3 Jordan valley where a local chap’s made a leader among Hittites (6)
4 Gloomy state of a medic ringing the King’s Head (8)
5 Weakens county, getting let off (5)
6 Look down on betting over the Ashes? (5)
10 Spartans wickedly access it (8)
13 Two articles featuring sailor on Damascus river (5)
14 Clods, an unknown and indefinite number, sit in councils (6)
15 French fuel scam (6)
16 Underground restaurant’s ultimately failed, being an Italian place (5)
18 Appropriate last clue for the US Army? (4)
Quick across
5 Follower of an Eastern religion and culture strongly influenced by Taoism (3,8)
7 Norse god, husband of Frigg (4)
8 Natives of Boise in America’s MidWest (8)
9 Capital of North Macedonia (as it’s now called) (6)
11 Cleric ranking below a priest in Christian churches (6)
12 Companion: accompany (6)
15 Author of the epic poem Aeneid (6)
17 Father of Levi the tax collector (8)
18 Book of the NT: diminutive of Julian Lennon, immortalized in a Beatles 1968 No 1 (4)
19 Northern Greeks (11)
Quick down
1 Naphtalite leader whose son Ahira brought an offering to Moses at the Tabernacle (4)
2 Jewish mother of Timothy (6)
3 One of eight English kings since 1272 (6)
4 Mythical monster named after the ancient civilization of Crete (8)
5 Priest whose name was used by Handel for George II’s coronation anthem (5)
6 Ballroom dance: code word used in international radio communication (5)
10 Augury; prognostication (8)
13 Arguably, Melchizedek’s city; and probably also named Jebus, the forerunner of the ‘holy city’ (5)
14 Chic; fashionable (6)
15 Second Hindu god of the triad (6)
16 Pakistan’s chief river (5)
18 Nephew of David, and his army commander (4)
Entries to Crossword 0628, The Catholic Herald, Herald House, Lamb’s Passage, Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TQ or email editorial@ch.rd0.co.uk (Answers in by January 29)
Cryptic answers to No 0627
Across: 1 Median, 4 Carmel, 9 Tacitus, 10 Brent, 11 Laramie, 12 Tekoa, 13 Edict of Nantes, 16 Enoch, 18 Rebecca, 20 Troas, 21 Aeolian, 22 Ritual, 23 Tennis.
Down: 1 Metal detector, 2 Decor, 3 Attempt, 5 Abbot, 6 Meerkat, 7 Lytham St Anne’s, 8 Isle of Arran, 14 Iron out, 15 Ambrose, 17 Hosea, 19 Cairn.
Quick answers to No 0627
Across: 1 Brahms, 4 Mosaic, 9 Staunch, 10 Raita, 11 Leitrim, 12 Crawl, 13 Augean Stables, 16 Linus, 18 Electra, 20 Akron, 21 Crispin, 22 Delphi, 23 Rob Roy.
Down: 1 Basil Hallward, 2 Anani, 3 Minerva, 5 Osric, 6 Abigail, 7 Charles Darnay, 8 Thomas Percy, 14 Goneril, 15 Amerigo, 17 Singh, 19 Tapir.
Winners (0626 Cryptic) Mrs Ann Geraghty, York; Ms PC Lewis, Mickleover, Derbyshire.
Winners (0625 Quick) Mrs Veronica Read, Oakworth, West Yorkshire; Frances Bailess, Scraptoft, Leicestershire.
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