5 Aeneas, eg, a wandering soul of the Mediterranean? (6,3)
8 Take on board periodically? (6)
9 He inspected back lane close to common (6)
10 American character Saxon scholar’s taken in, is a father of disciples (7)
12 Goddess, the first among Cupid, Epona, Rumina, even Venus in the end (5)
14 Asher couldn’t evict those living here, originally a pub hosting easterners’ king (5)
15 Picture of gold record is in pride of place (7)
17 Jeering idiot is swallowed by a kind of shark (6)
18 Bull centaur used to keep (6)
20 Tyre, chap – Valentine –
repaired (9)
Cryptic down
1 Kind of pool in the Negev constructed after five drained away (4)
2 Journalist is on the internet to find what some swimming birds are called (3-4)
3 Undefined letter is included in articles repeatedly here in Scotland (5)
4 In a headlong rush parking, has metre length either side
(4-4)
6 Merseyside’s organ bank? (9)
7 Assortment of humans eye chap Paul disciplined (9)
11 Look at old railway, seeing one in need of something of a makeover (8)
13 Suite of variations of a bird ascending – below average score (7)
16 Religious scroll in the view of Egyptian god’s the ultimate in hogwash (5)
19 Forearm bone (4)
Quick across
5 League of ten NT Greek towns and cities, including Damascus, mainly inhabited by non-Jews (9)
8 The longest of Paul’s letters (6)
9 Move or walk in a gliding ostentatious way (6)
10 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (7)
12 Powerful emblem of Christianity (5)
14 Germanic tribe which invaded and settled in SE Britain from the 7th century (5)
15 Inland port and Uganda’s former capital on Lake Victoria (7)
17 Hitchcock classic chiller from 1960 (6)
18 Legendary 3rd century Irish bard and warrior (6)
20 Letter from Paul to inhabitants of a part of Asia Minor (9)
Quick down
1 Town, the northern limit of the Southern Kingdom fortified by King Asa (4)
2 Siegfried ——-, WWI poet (7)
3 Sir Jeremy —–, banker and crossword fanatic whose name was taken for a fictitious detective (5)
4 Part of the Mass, ‘Day of Wrath’ – Judgement Day (4,4)
6 Doctrine established by Joseph Smith in the USA in 1830 (9)
7 In Acts how Joseph Justus is better known (9)
11 Native of an ancient district of S Anatolia which includes Tarsus (8)
13 The Merchant of Venice? (7)
16 OT book; bringer of bad luck (5)
19 George —-, novelist (aka Amantine Dupin), sometime partner of Frederic Chopin (4)
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0549: Across: 1 Busk, 3 Gedaliah, 9 Relax, 10 March on, 11 Cambers, 12 Paran, 13 Asaph, 15 Cargo, 20 Laval, 22 English, 24 Um and ah, 25 Assos, 26 Hedonist, 27 Tyre. Down: 1 Baruch, 2 Salamis, 4 Enmesh, 5 Agrippa, 6 Ichor, 7 Hanani, 8 Axle, 14 Paladin, 16 Gainsay, 17 Slough, 18 Cephas, 19 Thisbe, 21 Viand, 23 Guam.
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