1 Old record’s kept by a book store manager in Egypt (6)
5 Archer’s injured when overthrown (4)
8 Dean addresses this writer’s block? (7)
9 King’s taken in by accomplished wastrel (5)
10 Little room in an Oxford college (5)
11 Daniel, having no guts, backbone, is ringing for staff (7)
12 Queen’s extraction is from, says he, Bantu (5)
14 Open-mouthed at Turkish leader’s exercises (5)
18 Unrest in Russian capital following Tsar’s disembodiment (7)
20 Beginnings of design originating really in Corinth? (5)
21 Kind of necklace Queen regularly wears throughout tour to the east (5)
22 Boxers, for example, are artists… (7)
23 …they target this and take it on here (4)
24 Periodically, through the years, aristocrat makes an appearance (6)
Cryptic down
2 I do Ahab an injustice in the book (7)
3 Praise announcement that tax is no more (5)
4 Doctrinal denial, being inadmissible in court, one dismissed (6)
5 Cleric’s looking to box, going against the flow (7)
6 Zilch – nothing – looks like a rugby ball (5)
7 Part of ‘Miserere’ is dry as dust, as they used to say in the old days (4)
8 Aquatic bird, a duck, is at home in pigeon coop (4)
13 Oxford man lost capital – tot up this exemplum of extravagance (7)
15 Henry, who wrote about Catholics’ earlier acceptance in quiet measure (7)
16 Call Robin on TV’s prime time (6)
17 They’re first rate – hold ‘em all and you’ll win… (4)
18 …first-rate when trouble arises (4)
19 Order a ghoulish cleansing of an Ulster town (5)
20 Goddess is a help in a reversal (5)
Quick across
1 Loathsome (6) 5 Spanish bubby (4)
8 Woman, also named Dorcas, raised from the dead by Peter (7)
9 Astound (5) 10 Court figure; oath taker (5)
11 Alternative name for the date of the Annunciation (4,3)
12 East —–, Surrey stomping ground for Tony Hancock (5)
14 Mediterranean island state, independent from Britain in 1964 (5)
18 Golgotha (7)
20 Flip over (5)
21 Boredom (5)
22 Unit of surface area equal to 10,000 square metres (7)
23 Brother of Cain and Abel (4)
24 Petroleum jelly used in bombs and flame-throwers (6)
Quick down
2 Old Testament judge and prophetess (7)
3 Aquatic carnivore of the weasel family (5)
4 Underwear (6)
5 Region of Babylonia, the home of Abraham (7)
6 Meat; article of food, often a delicacy (5)
7 Toll (4)
8 R Tagus when it flows through Portugal (4)
13 KJV alternative name for Uzziah (7)
15 Consequence of Adam and Eve’s waywardness (3,4)
16 Punctuation mark associated with a compound word (6)
17 Inactive (4)
18 Hands (4)
19 Long-shafted cavalry weapon (5)
20 Open, as a bottle (5)
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