1 She wrote an American number (6)
4 Zoroastrian wisdom for those who abstain about underwear (6)
8 PS: Hurry, it’s a disaster. His is an empty victory (7)
10 European wife divorced for you, texting material (5)
11 Settle into stable (7)
12 Lots of monks here in area Thomas informally visited (5)
13 Pass by a Celtic bard with whom Paul corresponded (9)
17 Curia’s renovated with gold (5)
19 Number out of Warwickshire town reported not put away (7)
21 Sacrifices made on this board for unions? (5)
22 More immature greyhound, with no high definition, looks
uncoordinated (7)
23 Ancient law of marbles Greeks and Romans pieced together? (6)
24 Chap made a cup of tea reading book (6)
Cryptic down
1 Mate of Philemon may be facing Aussie police, Pommie haters, in Adelaide (6)
2 Note British turned up aboard ship when they are landlocked (5)
3 Loathes awful place where
Samson was buried (7)
5 Goddess of 4 when leaderless (5)
6 Move on a female martyr (7)
7 Relax – that’s an order (2,4)
9 Liars busy spinning, see! (9)
13 Clerics dog a gang going north (7)
14 He raps, he’s kinda cool − and square… (3,4)
15 …he predicted this morning’s support for a Welsh location (6)
16 Apostle in addition to half of 24 (6)
18 Breed of conscientious objector and resistance fighter (5)
20 Woods, of course, with prestige residential housing (5)
Quick across
1 Capital of West Pakistan, 1955-70 (6)
4 Member of a Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno (6)
8 Region of Asia Minor, a Roman province, capital Tarsus (7)
10 Collective noun for certain insects (5)
11 Last book of the OT (7)
12 Italy’s second-longest river with its source in the Alps (5)
13 Author of the novel ‘St Ives’ who died before its completion (9)
17 French-speaking people of Louisiana (5)
19 In numbers (2,5)
21 Heart of the bull’s eye in darts (5)
22 Filthy rapacious part-woman monsters of Greek myth (7)
23 Last King of Israel before its fall to the Assyrians (6)
24 Ceremonial washing of the feet of the poor, after Jesus’ example (6)
Quick down
1 Temporary workers (6)
2 Meat slaughtered in 1 Ac, for example (5)
3 Use again after processing (7)
5 Puccini opera between La Bohème and Madame Butterfly (1899) (5)
6 Nickname of Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony (7)
7 OT book in two parts (6)
9 Priest of Nob, killed by Saul for helping David (9)
13 Tiberius’ ruthless leader of the Praetorian Guard (7)
14 2’s capital (7)
15 Philistine king who twice gave David refuge from Saul (6)
16 English river associated with 1960s popular culture (6)
18 Native of Norway, or
Scandinavia generally (5)
20 Descendant or heir of a notable family (5)
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