1 Bread abstainer’s making sandwich with is type for dipping (7)
5 He foresaw mineral wealth ultimately (5)
8 Paul’s letter they read is fair representation of saint (9)
9 West German capital list rejected somewhere near Jerusalem (3)
10 NT book’s contracted about one of the deacons (5)
12 Film-makers lie around in the Spanish hinterland (7)
13 They are critical of Deborah and Gideon, to name two… (6)
14 …they praise God for trees when sun breaks through (6)
17 Moral to consistent scoring in golf is to get fit (7)
19 Things get gummed up with this stuff Gruyere since ingested… (5)
21 …with beef or pork – perhaps no starter for lunch? (3)
22 Unfair restriction, ruling out saint in principle (9)
24 Main man’s name appears on flyer (5)
25 Quotation is mine (7)
Cryptic down
1 Brought forth the King James Version? (5)
2 Father, over fifty, is to mate… (3)
3 …passionate under canvas, we hear (7)
4 Priest in the end jogged to church (6)
5 He had to take two tablets before speaking to the Israelites (5)
6 Alternative name for a book it cancels out (9)
7 Why Arthur Guinness maybe popular among many Israelis? (7)
11 He examines in Oxford new detailed course on retirement (9)
13 Black Horse, a pub that’s on the map, accommodated Noah’s boy (7)
15 Worm in Egypt London’s water doesn’t have (7)
16 He was possibly behind Livingstone in discovering a biblical clan (6)
18 ‘What can I bring home if I’m successful?’, he pondered (5)
20 Band saw is making a comeback (5)
23 Viewed in trepidation Zeus’ mount (3)
Quick across
1 Waterproof garment (7)
5 Confine (5)
8 One of the books of the Pentateuch (9)
9 Equal (3)
10 Next in rank after abbot (5)
12 De Gaulle and O’Hare are examples of one (7)
13 Site of the famous Greek oracle (6)
14 Look up to (6)
17 Child’s two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot (7)
19 Area and former province of South Africa (5)
21 Edge (3)
22 Ephesian silversmith and NT dissident (9)
24 Main town of Co Clare, Ireland (5)
25 Convent community (7)
Quick down
1 Lowest deck on ship, above the hold (5)
2 Bulgarian currency (3)
3 Abraham’s second wife (7)
4 Heavenly drink (6)
5 Modern surgical tool (5)
6 Adherent of John Wesley (9)
7 Venue for various entertainments (7)
11 British outpost, non-Irish or Scots, of the Gaels (4,2,3)
13 Red-skinned variety of potato (7)
15 Abbot of Glastonbury, Archbishop of Canterbury from 959 (7)
16 US President, 1945-1953 (6)
18 Brouhahas (2-3)
20 Full of vigour (5)
23 Assassinate (slang): dessert (3)
Sudoku 0417
Sudoku solution 0416
Crossword answers
Cryptic answers to No 0416: Across: 3 Bartholomew, 7 Abbess, 8 Anubis, 9 Lytham, 10 Bede, 11 Nile, 13 Berber, 17 Cattle, 18 Avatar, 19 Song of Songs.
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